Germany is the primary workforce to achieve the spherical of 16 on the European Championships at residence. The hosts received their second match look with a 2-0 (1-0) victory towards Hungary in Stuttgart. Younger star Jamal Musiala (22′) and captain Ilkay Gündogan (67′) scored for nationwide coach Julian Nagelsmann’s favored workforce on Wednesday. Germany can subsequently play with out nice strain within the ultimate group match towards Switzerland on Sunday. Stuttgart. Hungary, who misplaced their opening match towards Switzerland, missed their probabilities. After their second defeat within the third recreation towards Scotland, Dominik Szoboszlai and Co. want a win to have an opportunity of reaching the knockout section.
Germany had not received three of the final three matches towards Hungary, and the sequence deservedly resulted in Stuttgart. Nagelsmann had no purpose to make any personnel modifications after the 5-1 win towards Scotland. His eleven, dressed of their pink and purple away jerseys, got here onto the pitch unchanged, however needed to survive a second of shock after only a few seconds. Joshua Kimmich made a mistake and Manuel Neuer saved from the onrushing Roland Sallai. The Bayern goalkeeper was in purpose for the seventeenth time at a European Championship finals, catching up with Italy’s file holder Gianluigi Buffon within the goalkeeper statistics.
The highlights of the match:
Hungary offered itself dearly
The Hungarians didn’t let up and offered themselves way more expensively than the Scots. A shot by future Speedy professional Bendeguz Bolla – the right-back was considered one of two new gamers within the Hungarian workforce – was blocked by Robert Andrich (sixth). After ten minutes, Germany had the sport extra underneath management. Kai Havertz did not beat Hungary’s Peter Gulacsi from a decent angle earlier than Musiala turned the primary double goalscorer of this European Championship. After Hungary couldn’t clear the ball, Gündogan adopted up towards Willi Orban and Germany’s younger star scored.
The Hungarians, coached by the Italian Marco Rossi, have been additionally scuffling with missed alternatives. A well-worked free kick from their star Dominik Szoboszlai pressured Neuer, who was being carefully watched in Germany, to make one other save (twenty sixth minute), however in any other case the underdogs have been now standing deeper in their very own half of the pitch with each minute. Germany let the ball flow into in their very own ranks with out a lot strain. Musiala shot into the aspect netting shortly earlier than half-time, earlier than Hungary apparently equalized in harm time with a free kick. Sallai was offside when he headed the ball.
Gündogan made the preliminary determination
Each groups got here out of the dressing room unchanged. Germany needed to manage the sport firstly. Toni Kroos got here shut to creating it 2-0, however Gulacsi efficiently stretched out to avoid wasting the midfield strategist’s deflected shot. Havertz and Florian Wirtz’s working day was over after just below an hour, and Niclas Füllkrug and Leroy Sane took over. Hungary remained within the recreation and got here very near equalizing within the sixtieth minute. Barnabas Varga, a former Mattersburg participant, obtained header however missed the highest nook from shut vary.
Gündogan lastly managed to resolve the sport unchallenged from ten meters after a go from left-back Maximilian Mittelstädt. Musiala was once more concerned within the creation of the purpose, and the Bayern skilled was despatched off early, similar to Gündogan in a while. Hungary threw all the pieces ahead with attacking tank Martin Adam, however remained innocent. Solely within the end did Neuer miss one other ball, however his teammates labored collectively to reserve it in entrance of the road.
