World Cup preview report: Bobesek's last shot, Slovakia defeated 10-man Northern Ireland 1-0

6686 Sports News on November 15th In the 9th round of Group A of the 26th World European Qualifiers, the Slovak home team defeated Northern Ireland 1-0. In the second half of the game, Slovakia's two goals were disallowed. In stoppage time, Bobesek sent the last shot, and then Ballard was sent off, leaving Northern Ireland with only 10 men left to challenge. Germany and Slovakia both scored 12 points with 4 wins and 1 loss. The two teams will face off directly in the final round to compete for a direct place in the World Cup finals.

Key events

16' Northern Ireland's free kick went into the three-second zone, and the 12-yarder missed the ball

18' Stryker quickly stepped in to form a single sword, and hit the neutral post with a powerful shot

30' Charles rushed to header in front of the goal, but the goalkeeper got the ball directly

38’ Northern Ireland created a murderous opportunity in the three-second zone, and Charles missed the ball in front of the goal

45' Skriniar grabbed the spot in the three-second zone and volleyed the ball directly high

55’ Slovakia scored the ball in front of the goal, but the goal was ruled invalid

58’ Haraslin took a shot from outside the three-second area, but hit the ball directly high

65' Stryker scored with a header in front of the goal, but the goal was ruled invalid again

74' McConville took a shot from outside the three-second area, but hit the ball directly high

80' Stryker hit the goal in the three-second zone, but the goalkeeper got the ball directly

Technical statistics

Player list

Slovakia starting lineup: 1-Dubravka, 14-Skriniar, 6-Gombel (88’8-Bobesek), 4-Obert, 22-Lobotka, 21-Bello, 16-Hanzko, 19-Rigo (84’10-Benes), 17 - Haraslin (84'11-Tupta), 15-Strek (88'9-Bozenik), 20-Duris (69'7-Sauer)

Slovak reserve lineup: 12-Rodak, 23-Takac, 2-Pekarik, 3-Vavro, 5-Mesik, 13-Hrosovsky, 10-Benes, 18-Scrantz, 11-Tupta, 9-Bozenik, 8-Bobesek, 7-Sauer

Northern Ireland starting lineup: 1-Peacock Farrell, 17-McNair (73’21-Magnis), 4-Ballard, 13-McConville, 6-Saville, 5-Hume (90’22-Brown), 2-Bradley, 14-Price, 16-Lyons, 15-Deveney, 9-Charles (46’18-Red Jamie)

Northern Ireland reserve lineup: 12-Hazard, 23-Southwood, 3-Lewis, 22-Brown, 19-Kelly, 7-Devlin, 20-McDonald, 10-Donley, 21-Magnis, 18-Red Jamie, 11-Smythe, 8-Marshall