{"id":16026,"date":"2025-09-08T08:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=634702"},"modified":"2025-09-08T08:35:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:05:44","slug":"world-cup-qualifiers-wirtz-with-an-amazing-free-kick-to-help-germany-win-over-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/world-cup-qualifiers-wirtz-with-an-amazing-free-kick-to-help-germany-win-over-northern-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Qualifiers: Wirtz with an amazing free-kick to help Germany win over Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germany have won their second game of the International break after getting defeated brutally by Slovakia in the mid-week. The fixture against Northern Ireland was comparatively easy for Nagelsmann\u2019s men. Germany scored first with a goal from Gnabry but then equalised by Northern Ireland. However, the second half was amazing for the home fans as they scored two in three minutes gap to secure this victory.<\/p>\n<p>Germany responded strongly to their mid-week setback against Slovakia by securing a confident win over Northern Ireland in their second game of the international break. Julian Nagelsmann\u2019s side looked sharper and more composed as they treated the home crowd to an exciting display.<\/p>\n<p>Serge Gnabry opened the scoring for the hosts, but Northern Ireland quickly struck back with an equaliser, leaving the first half finely balanced. However, the second half turned into a statement of intent from Germany. In a span of just three minutes, they netted twice, putting the contest beyond Northern Ireland\u2019s reach and sealing a much-needed victory.<\/p>\n<p>After a heavy defeat earlier in the week, this performance served as a morale booster for Nagelsmann\u2019s men, who showcased their attacking depth and resilience in front of their fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany have won their second game of the International break after getting defeated brutally by Slovakia in the mid-week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":37015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3970,3796,785,3709],"class_list":["post-16026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-florian-wirtz","tag-football","tag-germany","tag-world-cup-qualifier"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}