Ireland holds Germany 1-1, Ronaldo wins it for Portugal
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WORLD champion Germany stumbled again in its Euro 2016 qualifying campaign on Tuesday, drawing 1-1 with the Republic of Ireland.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s late header gave Portugal a 1-0 win in Denmark to kickstart its qualifying campaign.
Germany had suffered its first qualifying defeat since 2007 at the weekend, losing 0-2 in Poland in Group D, but the World Cup winner was greeted by a huge fan mosaic at one end of the stadium in Gelsenkirchen which read simply ‘Thank You,’ proving that such a defeat could not overshadow its heroics of July.
Nevertheless, only five of the players who started in the win against Argentina in Rio de Janeiro three months ago lined up at kick-off against Martin O’Neill’s men.
Borussia Dortmund’s Erik Durm, who went to the World Cup but did not play, smashed a shot off the bar in the first half before a precise Toni Kroos strike in the 71st minute gave Joachim Loew’s men the lead. But Ireland stunned its host by equalizing in the fourth minute of added time with its first effort on target from veteran defender John O’Shea.
“We’re all disappointed. I think that was Ireland’s only chance of the game and they scored from it,” said Loew. “In the last few minutes, we were simply naive.”
In Warsaw, Poland took the lead against Gordon Strachan’s side through Krzysztof Maczynski, but Shaun Maloney and Steven Naismith found the net for Scotland, leaving the host requiring a magnificent Arkadiusz Milik goal to earn a 2-2 draw in a thrilling match.
In Copenhagen, Cristiano Ronaldo headed in Ricardo Quaresma’s cross in the fifth minute of injury time to score his 51st international goal and give Portugal victory against its Danish host in its first competitive game under new coach Fernando Santos.
Georgia beat Gibraltar 3-0 to record its first points. Northern Ireland made it three wins from three with a 2-0 victory away to Greece. Switzerland recorded its first points with a 4-0 victory away to San Marino.
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