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Slovakia Stuns Germany with Home Win in Bratislava
Bratislava, Slovakia – In a match held at the Štadión Tehelné pole, Slovakia achieved a surprising victory against Germany in a match valid for the group stage of the European qualification for the World Cup. The home team, despite having only 31% of the ball possession, demonstrated great effectiveness in front of goal.
The first goal came in the 42nd minute, thanks to D. Hancko, assisted by D. Strelec. In the second half, in the 55th minute, D. Strelec extended the lead for Slovakia, this time assisted by N. Gyomber.
Germany, despite dominating possession with 69% and taking 13 shots, only managed to get 4 of them on target. The German team also accumulated three yellow cards during the match, shown to A. Rudiger, K. Adeyemi and M. Mittelstadt. Slovakia committed 11 fouls and received no yellow cards. Despite the 5 shots on target and 5 corners, Slovakia maintained the lead until the end of the match, securing a valuable victory.
Germany committed 18 fouls and achieved 7 corners. The referee of the match, Serdar Gozubuyuk from the Netherlands, had a busy afternoon sanctioning numerous infractions. The match ended with the score favoring Slovakia.
Substitutions germany: at minute 46 N. Collins came in and D. Raum went out., at minute 60 A. Stiller came in and N. Amiri went out., at minute 66 S. Gnabry came in and K. Adeyemi went out.
Substitutions slovakia: at minute 66 D. Duris came in and T. Rigo went out., at minute 83 L. Sauer came in and L. Tupta went out., at minute 83 D. Strelec came in and R. Bozenik went out., at minute 90 O. Duda came in and L. Benes went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Slovakia
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Germany
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