The Republic are rejoicing because they held the mighty germans to a 1- 1 draw and Northern Ireland have their own success story to crow about.
They have three successive wins in three games – the latest being a 2 – 0 win over top seeds Greece..
Jamie Ward’s shot deflected off Loukas Vyntra to put the visitors ahead and after half-time, Kyle Lafferty ran clear and fired home a low shot from the edge of the area to make it 2 – 0 – game,set and match.