"Gundogan on defeat in North Macedonia: 'We can't allow such things to happen'" © AP

The German national team suffered a painful defeat in the qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday. Joachim Low's team at home had to admit a 1:2 defeat to the visitors from North Macedonia. After the loss, one of the leaders of the German national team Ilkay Gundogan did not hide his disappointment and stated that such things simply cannot happen to the Germans. "We cannot allow such things to happen at all. The opponents entered our penalty area once or twice, but we allowed them to score easily. In turn, we tried to create opportunities ourselves, but only managed to score one goal. It's unfortunate how we missed goals in our own net," - Gundogan spoke after the match.