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Germany slumped to its first defeat under J\u00fcrgen Klopp with Dimitris Kourbelis giving Greece a shock 1-0 away win in the Nations League on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Greek substitute scored with a deflected shot in the 74th minute, somewhat spoiling the mood in Augsburg where Klopp was making his home debut as Germany coach.<\/p>\n
It was Greece\u2019s first-ever win over Germany.<\/p>\n
Klopp oversaw a 1-1 draw against the Netherlands in his first game in charge on Thursday.<\/p>\n
His team dominated the first half against Greece with 77 percent possession according to Opta, albeit without creating many clear goal-chances.<\/p>\n
Karim Adeyemi forced a fine save from Konstantinos Tzolakis in the 32nd minute but the Greek goalkeeper otherwise had little to do.<\/p>\n
The visitors became more ambitious in the second half with Fotis Ioannidis missing a big chance, and Jonathan Tah preventing another, before Kourbelis stunned the home fans.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo on bench as Portugal wins in Norway<\/strong><\/p>\n Cristiano Ronaldo had to be content with a place on the substitutes bench in a 2-1 away win for Portugal over Norway.<\/p>\n Ronaldo watched Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix score his second goal in as many games as Portugal opened the scoring in Oslo.<\/p>\n F\u00e9lix took a touch to control Pedro Neto\u2019s cross before shooting low inside the corner in the 17th.<\/p>\n Erling Haaland missed chances to score before he finally equalized in the 51st. It was the Norwegian star\u2019s 65th goal in 57 appearances for his country.<\/p>\n But Gon\u00e7alo Ramos \u2013 playing in Ronaldo\u2019s place \u2013 scored three minutes later to restore Portugal\u2019s lead after intercepting a poor pass by Norway goalkeeper \u00d8rjan Nyland. Ramos thought he\u2019d made it 3-1 before the hour mark after another mistake by Nyland only to have the goal ruled out for offside after a VAR check.<\/p>\n Denmark defeated Wales 2-0 for its first win in the other Group A4 game.<\/p>\n Xavi\u2019s first win<\/strong><\/p>\n Mexx Meerdink scored twice as the Netherlands beat Serbia 2-1 away, giving new coach Xavi Hern\u00e1ndeez his first win in charge.<\/p>\n The 23-year-old Meerdink, who plays for AZ Alkmaar, made his first start for his country and he opened the scoring with a confidently taken penalty in the 30th minute before canceling Luka Jovi\u0107\u2019s equalizer after the break with what proved to be the winner in the 69th.<\/p>\n It was set up by Ruben van Bommel, who has now created as many goals in as many games for the Dutch after his brilliant cross for Cody Gakpo\u2019s late equalizer in the 1-1 draw with Germany.<\/p>\n Meerdink, who made his second appearance after his debut Friday, has two goals in as many games.<\/p>\n They gave the Netherlands its first win in Group A2, which Greece leads after two wins.<\/p>\n Ireland beats Israel 3-0<\/strong><\/p>\n Ireland defeated Israel 3-0 in a contentious match in Debrecen, Hungary after bitter opposition in Ireland over Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza.<\/p>\n First-half goals from Troy Parrott, Adam Idah and Jack Moylan gave the Irish their first win in Group B3.<\/p>\n Reserve goalkeeper Gavin Bazuno decided Saturday to boycott both of Ireland\u2019s games against Israel because of what he said was his \u201cpersonal belief that the killing of innocent people is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n The Irish players wore black armbands and refrained from handshakes with their opponents.<\/p>\n Austria beat Kosovo 3-1 in the other game earlier Sunday.<\/p>\n Also, Lithuania and Azerbaijan drew 1-1 in Group D2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n