We're delighted with the Germany result

Last-gasp hero Fifa 15 PS4 Coins John O'Shea admits the Republic of Ireland might have caught Germany at the right time to take a significant step towards UEFA EURO 2016 qualification. O'Shea's injury-time equaliser in Gelsenkirchen on Tuesday evening clinched a 1-1 draw against the reigning world champions and Group D favourites three days after they suffered a shock 2-0 defeat in Poland.

However, the 33-year-old Sunderland defender knows Ireland's timing was good with Joachim Low having had to do without Sami Khedira, Mesut Ozil and Bastian Schweinsteiger through injury and Andre Schurrle and Christoph Kramer because of illness.

He said: "Because of the Poland win, we felt we really needed to get something [with] Germany missing the quality they were missing. They still had a lot of quality on the pitch - it shows the strength they have, obviously.

"They have just won the World Cup, so they have quality players. We got something from it and hopefully Germany keep getting stronger now and beat the other teams."

Ireland currently top the group jointly with Poland, who were held to a 2-2 home draw by Scotland on Tuesday. They will travel to Glasgow next month in confident mood after following up their 2-1 victory in Georgia with a 7-0 demolition of Gibraltar and then the point in Germany which few had predicted they would collect.

O'Shea said: "It keeps the momentum going, that's the big thing. A late winner against Georgia from Aiden [McGeady], and obviously all the teams who are going to qualify from the group are going to beat Gibraltar, so we had to get that done and dusted. Thankfully we did, no injuries picked up and we come away to Germany and pick up a point, so there's big momentum."

If the result at the Veltins Stadium was unexpected, particularly after Toni Kroos had given the home side a 71st-minute lead, it could hardly have been secured in more fitting circumstances with O'Shea marking his 100th appearance for the Republic with just his third international goal.http://www.buyfut.com