Parc des Princes, Paris, 21.06.2016
Northern Ireland

1-0 (1-0)
Gómez 29. / –

Germany confirmed their place at the top of the group table with a convincing yet deceptively narrow 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in Paris, the two teams’ first meeting in major tournament competition since the World Cup finals in Sweden in 1958. Mario Gómez’s goal looked to have opened the floodgates for a free-flowing German side, but Northern Irish ‘keeper Michael McGovern produced an inspired performance to keep his team in the game right until the end.

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Germany: Neuer (c) – Kimmich, Boateng (76. Höwedes), Hummels, Hector – Khedira (69. Schweinsteiger), Kroos – Müller, Özil, Götze (55. Schürrle) – Gómez

Northern Ireland: McGovern – Hughes, McAuley, Cathcart, J. Evans – Norwood – C. Evans (84. McGinn), Davis (c) – Ward (70. Magennis), Dallas – Washington

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
Assistants: Frédéric Cano (France), Nicolas Danos (France)
Goal Assistants: Benoît Bastien (France), Fredy Fautrel (France)
Fourth Official: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
Reserve Assistant: Robert Vukan (Slovenia)
Referee Observer: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Yellow Cards: – / –
Red Cards: – / –

Ball Possession: 71% / 29%
Attempts on Target: 11 / 1
Attempts off Target: 15 / 0
Corners: 6 / 3
Fouls Committed: 8 / 10

Attendance: 44,125

Man of the Match: Mesut Özil (Germany)

First Phase Group C Table

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
GermanyGermany321030+37
PolandPoland321020+27
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland310222+/-3
UkraineUkraine300305-50

Other Results: Poland 1-0 Northern Ireland; Ukraine 0-2 Northern Ireland; Poland 1-0 Ukraine.

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