North Macedonia beat Germany to end World Cup qualifying run

Germany lose a World Cup qualifying game for the first time in 20 years, falling 2-1 to North Macedonia.

Germany lost a World Cup qualifying game for the first time in 20 years on Wednesday as the 2014 champions were beaten 2-1 by North Macedonia. Germany levelled after Goran Pandev’s opening goal in first-half stoppage time but had no answer to Eljif Elmas’ 85th-minute winner for North Macedonia, who moved above Germany into second place in Group J. Pandev opened the scoring when Germany’s defence completely lost track of the veteran Genoa forward.