{"id":408718,"date":"2025-09-08T21:14:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/408718\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T21:14:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:14:23","slug":"northern-ireland-football-trai-hume-says-michael-oneills-stars-buzzing-for-next-camp-after-giving-germany-a-fright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/408718\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland football: Trai Hume says Michael O’Neill’s stars buzzing for next camp after giving Germany a fright"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 1-1 in the World Cup qualifier two-thirds into the contest in Cologne, the Group A fixture was in the balance, but then Julian Nagelsmann\u2019s side piled on the pressure and the visitors eventually conceded two quick goals to decide the outcome.<\/p>\n

Sunderland\u2019s Hume admitted fatigue and concentration could have been a factor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe managed them well, we matched them in running power and we matched them in quality,\u201d said the defender.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did what we set out to do which was break up the game, play to our strengths, set-pieces and use that running power, but we maybe ran out of steam and lost a bit of concentration and that’s where they got the goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the first-half was good. Obviously, they scored early, which we didn’t want, but we got ourselves back in the game with a good set-piece.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started the second-half well and then their second goal (from Nadiem Amiri) was a bit in between. Do we come get it, do we let it go? Obviously, they punished us, and then the free-kick (from Florian Wirtz), that’s why they’re top level.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey score goals like that. That killed the game and it was hard to get any momentum from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Trai<\/p>\n

Trai Hume shakes hands with Northern Ireland boss Michael O’Neill after the defeat to Germany<\/p>\n

While Wirtz\u2019s free-kick was a classy strike, Hume was surprised it was given in the first place.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn’t think it was a free-kick. I said to the referee but, obviously, he was giving some soft decisions during the night, so it was hard to judge. I’d have to watch it back,\u201d said the former Linfield ace.<\/p>\n

Assessing the week overall, Hume pointed out: \u201cIt’s been a good camp. We got a win in Luxembourg and we are disappointed with the Germany result.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, it’s a game where we didn’t feel like we were out of place over the 90 minutes and we’re disappointed that we came away with nothing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s a good sign, and we go into the camp next month looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018We showed against Germany we can compete against the top teams in the world\u2019 \u2013 Northern Ireland\u2019s Isaac Price<\/a><\/p>\n

NI face their biggest game in five years next month\u2026 and here\u2019s how their hurt in Cologne can be just the fuel they need<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At 1-1 in the World Cup qualifier two-thirds into the contest in Cologne, the Group A fixture was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[8543,1144,8538,101,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-408718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-national-stadium-at-windsor-park","9":"tag-northern-ireland","10":"tag-northern-ireland-football-team","11":"tag-premier-league","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115170749360324021","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}