Elmas scored with five minutes remaining to secure a famous win North Macedonia stunned four-time world champions Germany as Eljif Elmas’ late goal secured a shock win. Goran Pandev had put North Macedonia ahead in the 2022 World Cup qualifier on the stroke of half-time. Ilkay Gundogan equalised from the […]
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North Macedonia stunned Germany with a 2-1 World Cup qualifying victory in Duisburg, as Eljif Elmas’s 85th-minute winner earned the Balkan country what is surely their greatest ever win. Germany dominated the first half with 70% possession, but although Leon Goretzka hit the crossbar it was the visitors who took […]
Joachim Löw’s announcement that he will step down as Germany manager after the European Championship hardly came as a surprise. If anything, it’s a wonder he managed to – or even wanted to – continue for so long after the fallout from the World Cup in 2018. After their title […]
As Erling Haaland sat on the bench, right boot and sock off, the reasons for his glum demeanour stretched beyond discomfort in his tended-to right foot that had contributed to curtailing his participation in Der Klassiker. It was about the pain of inevitability as he watched on, knowing his Borussia […]
Jamal Musiala became the youngest English goalscorer in Champions League history and Bayern Munich’s youngest goalscorer in the competition at the age of 17 years and 363 days in the holders’ 4-1 thrashing of Lazio in Rome. It was a night of landmarks, with Robert Lewandowski becoming the Champions League’s […]
It was another curious piece of social media chronology. On Friday, a smiling André Silva greeted Eintracht Frankfurt fans to the club’s channels with a video bringing news of an exciting delivery. Many Eintracht fans would have been watching with bated breath, wincing as their apparently convalescing star picked up, […]
Thomas Müller set up one goal and scored a second-half winner as Bayern Munich edged past Freiburg 2-1 on Sunday to end their opponents’ five-game winning run and extend their own lead at the top of the Bundesliga to four points. Bayern, who conceded a goal for the 11th straight […]
Bayern Munich were dumped out of the German Cup by second-tier Holstein Kiel, who prevailed 6-5 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in extra time. In the shootout, both sides converted all five spot-kicks before Bayern’s Marc Roca had his sudden-death effort saved. Fin Bartels slotted in the winning penalty […]