1-0, a decisive victory in the 91st minute. Slovakia has won two consecutive World Cup qualifying matches and continues to tie with Germany on points.

The Slovakia team, ranked 46th in the world, ushered in the ninth round of the first group stage of the European preliminaries. Slovakia sat at its home court to face the Northern Ireland team, ranked 69th in the world.

Slovakia has 9 points before the game and ranks second in Group A, the same as the top German team. Northern Ireland has 6 points before the game and ranks third in the group, so the Northern Ireland team still has a chance to compete for the top spot in the group. It can be seen that the competition in this group is extremely fierce. In the last five meetings between the two sides, Slovakia has the upper hand because Slovakia defeated the Northern Ireland team three times in those five meetings. Therefore, before the game, more fans were full of confidence in Slovakia defeating Northern Ireland at home.

In the 91st minute, Benesh took a left corner kick and sent a wonderful pass. The 24-year-old Thomas nodded in front and scored to help Slovakia take the lead.

In the end, Slovakia defeated the Northern Ireland team as expected and achieved two consecutive wins in the world preliminaries, while the Northern Ireland team suffered two consecutive losses in the world preliminaries. Immediately after the game, the Slovakia team continued to rank second in Group A with 12 points, still the same as the German team, while the Northern Ireland team ranked third in the group with 6 points, missing the top two in the group.