Shane Long came off the bench to score the winner for the Republic of Ireland as they beat the world champions for the first time and kept alive their hopes of qualifying for Euro 2016 with a famous victoryMatch report: Republic of Ireland 1-0 Germany 10.10pm BSTAnd finally,here’s Paul Doyle’s match report. 9.50pm BSTIn any case, a heroic performance from the Republic of Ireland. It’s their first ever competitive win over Germany. They were outplayed for long periods and it looked like they were going to bag walloped in the first 20 minutes. Yet they knuckled down and the longer the game stayed goalless, or the more their belief grew and the more you suspected they might be able to nick a goal - and so it proved,Shane Long coming off the bench to score the winner. All that possession from Germany, all those misses, or all those crosses,and all it took to settle the match was one long punt from Darren Randolph. It sure is a amusing archaic game! Thanks for reading and emailing. Night.
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Source: theguardian.com