Tuesday September 11, 2012 1st Round: Group F Finished Windsor Park

Northern Ireland 1 - 1 Luxembourg

  • Shiels 14’
  • Da Mota 86’

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  1. Northern Ireland stunned by late strike

    Northern Ireland stunned by late strike

    Daniel Da Mota's late goal denied Northern Ireland a first victory of their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign after a 1-1 draw in Belfast. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Northern Ireland
    • Luxembourg
    • FT FT Northern Ireland 1-1 Luxembourg
    • 90' Northern Ireland throwing everything forward but it looks like too little too late now.
    • 88' Nightmare for Northern Ireland as Da Mota's effort from 12 yards was flying well wide, but it deflected off McGivern and beyond Carroll. Such bad luck.
    • 87' GOAL! Northern Ireland 1-1 Luxembourg (McGivern OG)
    • 86' Brunt hits the post! Brunt should have sealed it there, but he could only find the outside of the near post when he should have scored.
    • 85' Northern Ireland sub: Norwood on, Shiels off
    • 83' Hughes makes a vital block from Da Mota, who was ready to pull the trigger from 12 yards.
    • 81' Northern Ireland chance! A loose ball falls to Ward 30 yards out and he thumps it first time and Joubert turns it around the post.
    • 80' That makes it 12 offsides against the home side.
    • 79' Lafferty thumps an effort straight at Joubert - but yet again he's wrongly flagged offside. Appeared level to me.
    • 77' Schnell has been clattered by Evans and play has stopped while he receives treatment.
    • 75' So close for Northern Ireland! Lafferty stays on side, cuts onto his left foot and lets fly from 20 yards - but Joubert pulls off a good save to his right.
    • 73' Luxembourg win a free-kick but Mutsch's ball in fails to clear the first man. Abysmal delivery.
    • 71' Northern Ireland sub: Ward on, Ferguson off
    • 68' Lafferty is caught offside yet again. It's tight, but just about the right call.
    • 65' Ferguson drives down the left, but his cross is poor and goes straight out for a goal kick. Waste.
    • 63' Luxembourg playing a very high line. This time Baird is the victim as he's caught offside. Northern Ireland just need to be a little more intelligent and patient in their attacks.
    • 61' Da Mota goes down in a manner that would please Tom Daley. Shiels can't believe it. It's all getting a bit untidy out there.
    • 59' Ferguson sticks the ball into the goal, but he's marginally offside as the cross comes in. Third disallowed goal.
    • 57' Brunt catches Bettner very late with a horrible tackle that some Luxembourg players took exception too. Brunt lucky that the card was yellow.
    • 55' Luxembourg really on the ropes here now.
    • 54' Northern Ireland keeping the pressure up as Davis puts the ball back into the danger area, but Luxembourg desperately clear.
    • 53' Ferguson finds McGivern with a good ball on the overlap, and McGivern's cross id headed out for a corner.
    • 51' Lafferty is just offside, but Northern Ireland asking questions early on in this second half.
    • 50' Luxembourg sub: Phillips on, Gerson off
    • 48' Deville is straight into the book for an elbow on McAuley.
    • 46' Luxembourg sub: Deville on, Joachim off
    • 46' SECOND HALF.
    • 45' HT Northern Ireland 1-0 Luxembourg.
    • 45' Bettmer goes into the book for a cynical foul on Brunt.
    • 44' So close by Baird! Brunt swings a corner in from the right and Baird's glancing header flies a foot wide of the far post.
    • 43' Lafferty comes very close with an effort from the edge of the box after Brunt had found him. The shot drifts wide, but Luxembourg are on the ropes here.
    • 42' Brunt receives the ball on the edge of the box, shifts it onto his left foot - but sees his shot well blocked.
    • 41' Davis spreads the play to the left with a superb pass out to Ferguson, but his cross is cleared by Blaise.
    • 39' Lafferty is booked after an aerial clash with Janisch.
    • 37' Play resumes and Ferguson drives forward and finds Shiels, but he is halted as Luxembourg get back in numbers.
    • 35' The game has stopped. Because the assistant referee has a groin strain.
    • 33' Brunt tests Joubert with a testing cross from the right. This time Joubert opts to punch clear.
    • 32' Northern Ireland have a goal chalked off again. This time Lafferty is half a yard off before sweeping it into the top corner brilliantly from 20 yards.
    • 30' But Carroll claims it confidently, much to the relief of the home fans.
    • 29' Bukvic hangs a free-kick into the Northern Ireland box, and Evans is forced to flick it out for a corner.
    • 26' McAuley chops down Da Mota, and McAuley will now miss the match against Portugal.
    • 23' Lafferty squeezes a cross in from the right and Bukvic deflects the cross dangerously across the face of his own goal - but luckily for Luxembourg it flashes right across goal.
    • 21' Jonny Evans nods the ball in, but it's disallowed for a push by Lafferty. But once again, it's a bad call by the ref.
    • 19' Chance for Northern Ireland as Brunt sends a delightful cross in from the right, but it's slightly too high for Lafferty at the far post.
    • 18' Another long ball catches Luxembourg short at the back and Lafferty is onto it - but Joubert spots the danger and races out of his box to clear.
    • 17' Chance for Luxembourg as Mutsch lays a free-kick off to Bettmer, who lashes a stinging shot at Carroll. Carroll does well to hang onto that.
    • 15' Lovely finish by Shiels after good work by Evans, who made a good run forward. The Manchester United man slots the ball through to Shiels, who coolly lifts the ball over the advancing keeper.
    • 14' GOAL! Northern Ireland 1-0 Luxembourg (Shiels)
    • 13' Northern Ireland are feeling their way into this one. Seeing far more of the ball now.
    • 11' McGivern gets into a superb position on the left wing, but his cross loops out of play.
    • 9' Opening for Luxembourg as Joachim drives at the Northern Ireland defence, but drives his effort straight into Evans, who makes a decent block.
    • 7' Apart from that early chance, Northern Ireland struggling to see much of the ball here. Luxembourg keeping it neat and tidy.
    • 5' Shiels latches onto a high ball over the top of the Luxembourg defence, but he is wrongly flagged offside. Shiels was level and that's a huge let-off for the visitors.
    • 3' Luxembourg have started strongly here. Knocking the ball around nicely in the early stages.
    • 1' KICK OFF. We're underway in Belfast.
    • 19.30 Team news: Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill makes three changes from the 2-0 defeat by Russia. Dean Shiels, Shane Ferguson and Ryan McGivern come into the side with Jamie Ward, Corry Evans and Craig Cathcart dropping out.
    • 19.25 If Northern Ireland are to have any hope of getting into contention for the 2014 finals, they must surely take all three points in Belfast.
    • 19.20 Although Luxembourg were the lowest seeds when the Group F draw was made, they are now ranked 23 places higher than Northern Ireland at 106th in the FIFA standings.
    • 19.10 Having lost the opening World Cup qualifying match, the pressure is on Northern Ireland to take maximum points at home to the lowest seeded nation in Group F.
    • 19:00 Good evening and welcome to our LIVE text coverage of Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg at Windsor Park.

  • Summary

    • 88' Nightmare for Northern Ireland as Da Mota's effort from 12 yards was flying well wide, but it deflected off McGivern and beyond Carroll. Such bad luck.
    • 87' GOAL! Northern Ireland 1-1 Luxembourg (McGivern OG)
    • 86' Brunt hits the post! Brunt should have sealed it there, but he could only find the outside of the near post when he should have scored.
    • 81' Northern Ireland chance! A loose ball falls to Ward 30 yards out and he thumps it first time and Joubert turns it around the post.
    • 75' So close for Northern Ireland! Lafferty stays on side, cuts onto his left foot and lets fly from 20 yards - but Joubert pulls off a good save to his right.
    • 59' Ferguson sticks the ball into the goal, but he's marginally offside as the cross comes in. Third disallowed goal.
    • 44' So close by Baird! Brunt swings a corner in from the right and Baird's glancing header flies a foot wide of the far post.
    • 43' Lafferty comes very close with an effort from the edge of the box after Brunt had found him. The shot drifts wide, but Luxembourg are on the ropes here.
    • 32' Northern Ireland have a goal chalked off again. This time Lafferty is half a yard off before sweeping it into the top corner brilliantly from 20 yards.
    • 21' Jonny Evans nods the ball in, but it's disallowed for a push by Lafferty. But once again, it's a bad call by the ref.
    • 17' Chance for Luxembourg as Mutsch lays a free-kick off to Bettmer, who lashes a stinging shot at Carroll. Carroll does well to hang onto that.
    • 15' Lovely finish by Shiels after good work by Evans, who made a good run forward. The Manchester United man slots the ball through to Shiels, who coolly lifts the ball over the advancing keeper.
    • 14' GOAL! Northern Ireland 1-0 Luxembourg (Shiels)
    • 19.30 Team news: Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill makes three changes from the 2-0 defeat by Russia. Dean Shiels, Shane Ferguson and Ryan McGivern come into the side with Jamie Ward, Corry Evans and Craig Cathcart dropping out.

Team Line-up & Ratings

  • Northern Ireland

    Manager: Michael O'Neill

  • Luxembourg

    Manager: Luc Holtz

  • Line-up

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    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
      - 6
      Defenders
      - 6
      - 6
      Yellow Card - 6
      - 7
      Midfielders
      10 7
      Goal Substitution Out83′ 9 8
      - 6
      Yellow Card - 5
      Substitution Out74′ - 6
      Strikers
      Yellow Card 7 7
      Subs
      Substitution In74′ - 6
      Substitution In83′ - 6
    • Player Y! Users Expert My Rating
      Goalkeeper
      6 8
      Defenders
      5 5
      5 5
      4 5
      5 5
      Midfielders
      5 5
      Yellow Card Substitution Out90′ 2 6
      Substitution Out50′ 3 6
      7 7
      Strikers
      Substitution Out45′ 3 4
      Goal 7 7
      Subs
      Substitution In90′ - 6
      Substitution In45′ Yellow Card 5 6
      Substitution In50′ - 6

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  1. Well done LUX!!

    From Ciaran, on Tue 11 Sep 21:42

  2. ffs!!!!

    From prat, on Tue 11 Sep 21:35

  3. Come on the LUX!!

    From Ciaran, on Tue 11 Sep 21:09

  4. little englan

    From cathal, on Tue 11 Sep 20:53

  5. Nice to see a bit of pride in playing for one's­ country. You're right stuart we're with you all­ the way.

    From Johnny N.I., on Tue 11 Sep 20:45

  6. come on norn iron!!!!!!!!!!!

    From prat, on Tue 11 Sep 20:42

  7. C,MON ULSTER WERE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY L

    From STUART, on Tue 11 Sep 20:33
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