12/10/2016

Germany Beats Northern Ireland In 2018 World Cup Qualifier

Northern Ireland footballer Lee Hodson has praised his team-mates after they were defeated 2-0 by Germany in their 2018 World Cup Group C qualifier.

Julian Draxler scored the first goal in the 13th minute and Sami Khedira scored four minutes later.

Hodson said: "We dug in deep after the second goal and we created a few chances on the counter attack but we have to take the positives out of the game."

Northern Ireland are third in the group on four points.

Pic: Irish FA



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