World Cup Qualifiers - Germany VS Northern Ireland: Can t lose anymore, four-star Germany World Cup qualification is in danger

In the 2014 World Cup, Germany swept Portugal 4:0 in the group stage, scoring the host 7:1 in the semi-finals, winning the World Cup championship five times, Gotze, who came on as a substitute, defeated the favorites 1:0, and Argentina led by Messi, won the championship. It won the World Cup for the fourth time in the team's history, tied with Italy, second only to Brazil!

Didn't you ever thought that in the 2018 World Cup, the defending champions did not qualify for the group, and lost to South Korea 0:2 in the last round of the group stage. In the 2022 World Cup, he was eliminated in the group for two consecutive World Cups and lost to Japan 1:2 in the first round of the group stage.

is slightly better than Italy, which missed the main match for two consecutive World Cups.

After being eliminated from the group in two consecutive World Cups, it is not an exaggeration for Germany!

Germany vs Northern Ireland

Nature of the match: World Cup qualifiers European Group A, 6th round,

Match time: September 8th 2:45

2026 World Cup qualifiers, Germany is in Group A with Slovakia, Northern Ireland and Luxembourg. Who would have thought that the world's top football power would actually be at the bottom after the first round of the group stage?

European League quarter-finals, Germany eliminated Italy 2:1 away and 3:3 home games 5:4 in two rounds. In the World Cup qualifiers, it fell into a relatively easy group. The four teams in the group and the three opponents strengthened their strength. It seemed to be a foregone conclusion that they won the first place in the group to advance to the 2026 World Cup.

If it is eliminated by Italy, Germany will enter Group I, with five teams, along with Norway, Israel, Estonia and Moldova. It is difficult for this group to win the first place in the group. Now Norway has won all four games and led the way with 12 points, Italy has won 2 wins and 1 loss in 3 games and has 6 points, and Germany may not be much stronger. In the first round of the group stage, Germany lost 0:2 to FIFA, Slovakia, ranked 52nd in the world. After the first round of the game, Northern Ireland and Slovakia both had 3 points, Northern Ireland scored one more goal, Luxembourg and Germany both had 0 points, and Germany scored one less goal, and Germany ranked at the bottom of the group.

Northern Ireland currently ranks 71st in the world in FIFA, with a total value of 78.98 million euros. In terms of strength, it is definitely not a match for Germany.

Germany currently ranks 9th in the world in FIFA, with a total team value of 622 million euros.

In fact, since the end of the 2014 World Cup, Germany has not produced an excellent striker in the past decade. In this game against Slovakia, in the starting lineup, Waltermad and Gnabry, the two forwards did not score a single goal.

This set of starters is not reliable, and veteran Neuer retired from the national team. Terstergen, who finally succeeded, was injured. 35-year-old Hoffenheim goalkeeper Bowman, but it was not his responsibility to concede the ball.

In the past two decades, the two sides have had 6 confrontations. Germany won all six games against Northern Ireland, with many big scores, scoring 18 goals and conceding 3 goals, which can be said to be a crushing advantage.

Returning to the home court this time, the Germanic tank is still worthy of attention.