World Qualifiers: 2-0, the world’s 72nd overturned the world’s 42nd and ranked second, tied with the leader Germany in points.

The Northern Ireland team, ranked 72nd in the world, ushered in the seventh round of the first group stage of the European preliminaries. Northern Ireland will face the Slovak team, ranked 42nd in the world, at its home court.

Northern Ireland ranked second in Group A with 3 points before the game, while Slovakia ranked first in Group A with 6 points before the game. It can be seen that Slovakia is in better shape than Northern Ireland. In the last four meetings between the two sides, Slovakia has the upper hand because Slovakia defeated the Northern Ireland team three times in those four meetings. Therefore, before the game, more than 50% of the fans were full of confidence in Slovakia defeating Northern Ireland as a guest.

In the 18th minute of the first half, the 33-year-old Hrosovsky scored an own goal to help Northern Ireland take the lead.

In the 81st minute, the 23-year-old Sunderland player Hume unsheathed his sword to help Northern Ireland win another victory and expand its lead.

In the end, Northern Ireland upset the Slovakia team at their home court, avoiding a two-game losing streak in the world preliminaries, while Slovakia missed a three-game winning streak in the world preliminaries. Immediately after the game, Northern Ireland continued to rank second in the group with 6 points, tied with the leader Germany, because the German team also had 6 points, while Slovakia dropped to third in the group with 6 points.

Northern Ireland had only 38% of the ball possession rate in the whole game, but the number of corner kicks, shots, and shots on target were all higher than Slovakia.