Overview
- Pascal Groß and Nadiem Amiri publicly criticized the whistles directed at Nick Woltemade and urged fans to back him.
- Woltemade set up Serge Gnabry’s seventh‑minute opener in his fourth senior appearance for Germany.
- Coach Julian Nagelsmann substituted the forward in the 61st minute, prompting audible jeers from sections of the crowd.
- Amiri noted the player had just flown to England and back and is adjusting after a transfer reported at up to €90 million from VfB Stuttgart to Newcastle United.
- Germany beat Northern Ireland 3–1 in the World Cup qualifier, while Lothar Matthäus told Bild the team do not look like World Cup favorites in their current form.