World Cup Group A qualifier: Northern Ireland 0 Germany 1 (Woltemade 31)
A huge sense of anticlimax settled on Windsor Park at the end of a tough and ultimately underwhelming night for Northern Ireland on the occasion of Michael O’Neil’s 100th game in charge. His players as usual gave everything but O’Neill was sufficiently annoyed by the Spanish officials to confront referee Jesus Manzano on the final whistle.
It is not like O’Neill but his frustration could be seen growing steadily throughout a match he clearly felt was going the German way in terms of decisions.
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