1: 0! Wirtz is in a slump, the Premier League striker wins with one blow, the German team has won 3 consecutive games, and the first place in the group is not guaranteed

An upset loss to Slovakia in the first round of the World Cup preliminaries caused Germany to lose the initiative to be first in the group. Fortunately, Nagelsmann led the team to a 2-game winning streak, and Slovakia also unexpectedly overturned. Deutsche Chariot regained the initiative with its goal difference. In the early morning of October 14, the German team faced off against Northern Ireland in the fourth round of the World Cup preliminaries. Walter Mader scored the only goal of the game, and the German team won 1:0 away from home.

Northern Ireland, like Germany, has 2 wins and 1 loss. In the last round, they defeated Slovakia and "assisted" Germany to win the first place in the group. In this game, Nagelsmann continued the configuration of the previous game, with Walter Mader as the single arrow; Wirtz, Gnabry, and Adeyemi forming the second offensive line; Pavlovic and Goretzka as double midfielders; Kimmich, Tower, Schlotterbeck, and Raum joined the defense line, and the goalkeeper was Bowman.

In the 7th minute after the opening, Goretzka was trying to grab a point in the penalty area but fell to the ground due to the interference of the defensive player. The referee indicated that there was no foul; 1 minute later, Wirtz turned and volleyed directly to the stands. The billionaire has still not been able to find his form in the new season; in the 15th minute, Northern Ireland took the lead in scoring a goal, but it was invalid because of offside.

In the 32nd minute, Raum took a corner kick, and Walter Mader succeeded in attacking the goal with a header, 1:0! This is the first goal scored by the 23-year-old Walter Mader in 6 appearances on behalf of the German national team; this summer window he joined Newcastle for 75 million euros and has already scored 4 goals in 7 games.

In the second half, the side changed sides and the battle continued. In the 47th minute, Adeyemi had a great opportunity to kick the ball away. Germany missed the opportunity to open the score; in the 61st minute, Germany also appeared There was a mistake in the backcourt, but fortunately the opponent Galbraith's shot missed slightly; Nagelsmann immediately replaced Adeyemi with Bayer who performed poorly; in the 70th minute, Goretzka made a direct pass, Gnabry got out of the way of the defense and shot from a small angle but was rejected by the goalkeeper.

In the 85th minute, Galbraith responded with a long-range shot from the outside, but the effort was too strong and went over the crossbar; seeing that the offensive efficiency was low and failed to score a goal to expand the score, Nagelsmann also pragmatically replaced Andrich and Anton to strengthen defense. Even though Northern Ireland continued to press for the rest of the time, they were unable to equalize the score. In the end, the German team won a 1:0 away game. After three consecutive victories, they still ranked first based on goal difference. The second match with Slovakia next month will be a key battle to determine who can win the first place in the group. Once they lose, there is a high probability that they will play in the play-offs.