1899 international report: Part 1

Albania 1-1 Bosnia Herzegovina

Vedad Ibisevic and his national team could only muster a 1-1 draw when the travelled to Albania. Ibisevic, himself, completed the whole 90 minutes and even got himself on the scoresheet when he opened the scoring in the 20th minute to give Bosnia Herzegovina the lead, only to see the hosts equalise on the stroke of half-time. The result sees Ibisevic and co. sitting in 4th place in Group D having taken only 4 points from their first 3 matches. Sejad Salihovic did not travel with the squad as he missed out due to suspension.

Israel 1-2 Croatia

Josip Simunic was able to celebrate with his national team as they claimed their second win in three qualification matches. Two goals from Niko Kranjcar were enough for the away side to steal the points from Israel, in a match that Simunic lasted the full 90 minutes in. Croatia are currently in first place with 7 points in Group F.

Senegal 7-0 Mauritius

Demba Ba was able to celebrate an emphatic victory on international duty as his Senegal team put 7 goals past a helpless Mauritius team in their African Cup of Nations qualifier. Papa Demba Cisse, who plays for league rivals Freiburg, scored an impressive hat-trick in the match.

Ghana 0-0 Sudan

Isaac Vorsah and Prince Tagoe were not able to convert their role as favourites into a victory during their African Cup of Nations qualifier against Sudan, with the match ending in a boring 0-0 draw. Vorsah played the whole length of the match, whereas Tagoe was brought on as a second half substitute.

Germany U-20 2-0 Switzerland and 1-0 Poland U-20

It is the third win in three matches for Manuel Gulde, Marco Terrazzino and Robin Neupert and their German U-20 colleagues. Frank Wormuth's team came out on top in Wloclawek, Poland winning 1-0 and will now have to defend their lead at the top of their group. They had previously already overcome a difficult Switzerland team winning by a clear two goals whilst maintaining a clean sheet at the same time.

Germany U-19 10-0 Andorra U-19 / 2-1 Northern Ireland U-19

The U-19 team has all but secured their qualification to the Elite Round of the UEFA European U-19 Championships after two wins have put them in pole position in Group 13. Ralf Minge's team started off by thumping Andorra with an incredible 10-0 win and followed it up with a somewhat fortunate 2-1 win inside the Dietmar-Hopp Stadium on Sunday against Northern Ireland. The two wins mean that a draw will be enough for Germany to win the group when the face Switzerland on Wednesday. The good news for Hoffenheim is that Denis Thomalla made an appearance in both matches coming on for the final 20 minutes against Andorra and put his skills to the test for 30 minutes against Northern Ireland.