
"Germany then broke the deadlock in the 31st minute with their first shot on target; David Raum's whipped corner deflected into the far side of the net off the back of Woltemade. Julian Nagelsmann's side came out of the blocks quickly in the second half, with Karim Adeyemi bending a shot wide of the left post while one-on-one with Bailey Peacock-Farrell."
"Shea Charles then forced Oliver Baumann into a fine stop with his feet shortly before the hour, and moments later, the goalkeeper had to tip Ethan Galbraith's low drive wide. Germany stepped up the pressure in an attempt to get a second, but Peacock-Farrell did well to push Serge Gnabry's shot away from the top-right corner. Northern Ireland kept pushing for an equaliser until the final whistle without any luck, with Callum Marshall's saved volley the closest they came."
"Michael O'Neill became just the second manager to take charge of 100+ matches for Northern Ireland, after Billy Bingham, and also the second to lose that milestone outing. The hosts put the game to Germany without much of an end product. It was just the second time in Germany's last 10 games that they did not face a single shot on target in the first half."
Nick Woltemade's first senior Germany goal, from a David Raum corner that deflected off him in the 31st minute, secured a 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Northern Ireland. Germany moved to the top of Group A with the narrow victory. Northern Ireland had an early Dan Ballard strike ruled out for offside and pressed for an equaliser, with Bailey Peacock-Farrell making several important saves. Michael O'Neill reached his 100th match in charge, becoming only the second Northern Ireland manager to hit that milestone, which ended in defeat. Opponents registered no shots on target in the first half, a rare occurrence in Germany's recent matches.
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