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North Macedonia’s Eljif Elmas (left) scores his side’s second goal during the match against Germany.
PARIS: Germany suffered a stunning 2-1 home loss to North Macedonia in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday, while defending champions France edged Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 and England beat a Poland side missing the injured Robert Lewandowski.
Napoli midfielder Eljif Elmas secured a famous victory for North Macedonia in Duisburg, scoring five minutes from time to give his country a second win from three Group J matches.
Veteran striker Goran Pandev, 37, put the visitors in front just before half-time but Ilkay Gundogan levelled from the spot after Leroy Sane was fouled in the area.
N Macedonia stun Germany, as France, England win
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Germany s Antonio Rudiger, left, shakes hands with North Macedonia s Eljif Elmas after their World Cup qualifying match in Duisberg. North Macedonia won 2-1. Photo: Reuters. Germany suffered a stunning 2-1 home loss to North Macedonia in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday, while defending champions France edged Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 and England beat a Poland side missing the injured Robert Lewandowski.
Napoli midfielder Eljif Elmas secured a famous victory for North Macedonia in Duisburg, scoring five minutes from time to give his country a second win from three Group J matches.
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Spain see off Kosovo after diplomatic spat
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Wednesday in a World Cup qualifier overshadowed by a pre-match diplomatic
dispute.
Goals from Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres and second-half substitute Gerard
Moreno put Spain on top of Group B in the race to qualify for the 2022 finals
in Qatar.
The political controversy stemmed from the description of Kosovo as a
“territory” by the Spanish Football Federation when it published Spain’s
fixtures in a group also containing Sweden, Greece and Georgia.
The description was not appreciated in Kosovo, the former Serbian province
of 1.8 million people which declared its independence in 2008.
In response, the Football Federation of Kosovo (FFK), said in a statement
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