Match ends, Germany 8, Estonia 0.
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Germany smashed eight past Estonia to keep the pressure on Northern Ireland in Euro 2020 qualifying.
Marco Reus gave them a 10th-minute lead in Mainz with Leroy Sane setting up Serge Gnabry for a second.
Leon Goretzka headed in, Ilkay Gundogan scored a penalty and Reus curled in a free-kick to make it 5-0 at half-time.
Gnabry and Timo Werner then scored before a late eighth from Gundogan's Manchester City team-mate Sane, who also had two goals disallowed.
Germany have won their opening three qualifiers, but remain three points behind Northern Ireland, who beat Belarus 1-0 to make it four wins from four.
They meet on Monday, 9 September in Belfast. Group rivals the Netherlands were not in action as they were playing in the Nations League finals.
It was a quiet international break for Germany keeper Manuel Neuer, who only had to make a total of three saves against Belarus, in a 2-0 win on Saturday, and Estonia to keep two clean sheets.
Joachim Low's side have won their last 14 World Cup and European Championship qualifiers since losing 1-0 to the Republic of Ireland in 2015.
Line-ups
Germany
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Neuer
- 2Kehrer
- 4Ginter
- 15Süle
- 14SchulzSubstituted forHalstenbergat 45'minutes
- 18Goretzka
- 6Kimmich
- 21GündoganSubstituted forDraxlerat 53'minutes
- 11ReusSubstituted forWernerat 66'minutes
- 20Gnabry
- 19Sané
Substitutes
- 3Hector
- 5Tah
- 7Draxler
- 9Werner
- 10Brandt
- 12Trapp
- 13Klostermann
- 16Halstenberg
- 17Stark
- 22Ulreich
- 23Havertz
Estonia
Formation 5-4-1
- 12Lepmets
- 23Teniste
- 16TammBooked at 25mins
- 5Vihmann
- 18Mets
- 3Pikk
- 2Kams
- 20DmitrijevSubstituted forKaitat 59'minutes
- 14VassiljevSubstituted forKreidaat 82'minutes
- 7Puri
- 10ZenjovSubstituted forOjamaaat 71'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Aksalu
- 4Kait
- 6Miller
- 8Sinyavskiy
- 9Sorga
- 11Ojamaa
- 13Kreida
- 15Sappinen
- 17Roosnupp
- 19Kallaste
- 21Kuusk
- Referee:
- Alì Palabiyik
- Attendance:
- 26,050
Match Stats
Home TeamGermanyAway TeamEstonia
- Possession
- Home82%
- Away18%
- Shots
- Home27
- Away4
- Shots on Target
- Home17
- Away2
- Corners
- Home11
- Away0
- Fouls
- Home5
- Away5
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Germany 8, Estonia 0.
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Attempt saved. Joshua Kimmich (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcel Halstenberg.
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Corner, Germany. Conceded by Taijo Teniste.
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Offside, Germany. Leon Goretzka tries a through ball, but Thilo Kehrer is caught offside.
Goal!
Goal! Germany 8, Estonia 0. Leroy Sané (Germany) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
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Attempt saved. Julian Draxler (Germany) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thilo Kehrer with a headed pass.
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Foul by Matthias Ginter (Germany).
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Karol Mets (Estonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Germany. Conceded by Artur Pikk.
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Attempt missed. Niklas Süle (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
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Corner, Germany. Conceded by Madis Vihmann.
Substitution
Substitution, Estonia. Vladislav Kreida replaces Konstantin Vassiljev.
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Offside, Germany. Leroy Sané tries a through ball, but Serge Gnabry is caught offside.
Goal!
Goal! Germany 7, Estonia 0. Timo Werner (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Julian Draxler with a through ball.
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Attempt saved. Timo Werner (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Julian Draxler with a through ball.
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Attempt missed. Serge Gnabry (Germany) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matthias Ginter with a cross.
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Corner, Germany. Conceded by Sergei Lepmets.
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Attempt saved. Leroy Sané (Germany) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
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Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Because 13-0 shows what an utter farce the other ''competition'' is.
I'll take your word for that.
There are faults and lack of sensitivity on both sides which are equally tiresome but symptomatic of the world we live in. Sexism is two ways.
I notice you tempered your earlier word ''torrent'' to ''some''.
Rather than the hysteria with a 3rd rate WFWC tournament....
Looks like Estonia forget who they were playing...
Normality is restored.
And equally your[and many others ] continual pathetic use of the 'M' word every time somebody utters a word contrary to your opinion is not exactly helpful and just stirs the pot even more.
It's football not soccer.
The BBC,the flag bearers of womens football,refuse to admit that 3 quarters empty stadiums are down to lack of interest.
But FIFA's ticket pricing. 😂
The BBC's sports equality correspondent wailed "it's all wrong,we have record crowds in England when we give tickets away ! "
"Also,what about pay equality for women?"
Unless it's Arsenal
I think the use of the word soccer is aimed at our transatlantic friends who on hearing the the word football imagine it refers to some other entirely different sport?
Oh, there isn't a HYS on the womens game?
PS: 9. Melomorphox There is nothing misogynistic about saying womens football is fifth rate. it is fifth rate - at best.