Germany ended their Nations League group stage campaign with a 1-1 draw against Hungary. Dominik Szoboszlai The Netherlands were tied by Bosnia and Herzegovina, but a penalty in the 99th minute saved the hosts a point. In Group A3, there was little chance of winning until the final day. The Germans are already in the lead. The Netherlands secured second place, while Hungary finished four points ahead of already relegated Bosnia.
“If we had won, we would have gone into the break in a better mood, but we can still be satisfied with what we achieved in 2024 and we can start again in March,” said the German midfielder. robert Andrich.
In Group B4, Wales defeated Iceland 4-1, securing automatic promotion to the First Division at the expense of Turkey, who lost 3-1 in Montenegro.
Czech Republic secured first place in Group B1 with a 2-1 victory over Georgia. Ukraine defeated Albania and moved into second place, overtaking Georgia.
In Budapest, Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann, who sealed their top spot with a 7-0 win over Bosnia last week, announced the change.
Felix Nmeka broke the goalless deadlock with 14 minutes remaining when he darted home from inside the six-yard box.
Until the seventh minute of stoppage time, Germany looked like they were going to score their fifth win in six games.
VAR ruled that Robin Koch had committed a handball in the box, and two minutes later Hungary captain Szoboszlai stepped up and scored from 12 yards.
Szoboszlai said, “It’s been a roller coaster of a year, but I believe that with this match we can welcome 2025 in good spirits.”
The Netherlands ended up with a draw against Zenica, leaving them five points behind their historic rivals.
Ronald Koeman’s side opened the scoring midway through the first period with a header from Brian Brobbey, but despite dominating the rest of the first half, the Netherlands were unable to double their lead.
Oranje scored in the 67th minute when Hamburg-born Bosnian attacker Ermedin Demirovic adjusted his body well to out-rebound goalkeeper Mark Frecken.
Koeman said: “I’m not satisfied with the points. I think we should have won.”
“I’m really happy.”
Wales bounced back from Andri Gudjohnsen’s early goal against Cardiff to move to the top of their group, four places ahead of Iceland.
“That’s what we tried to do,” Wales’ Liam Cullen told Sgorio.
“We knew we couldn’t control what was going on against Turkey, but we wanted to play to our strengths and get a convincing win in this game, so I’m really happy that we were able to do that.”
Cullen’s double gave the hosts the lead by halftime, and Brennan Johnson and Harry Wilson sealed the game within 30 minutes remaining.
Wales needed a win to have a chance of automatic promotion to League A, but Montenegro needed an upset over Turkey to take that spot with a one-point buffer.
Nikšić’s hat-trick from Nikola Krstovic sealed Turkey’s place in the play-offs and gave Montenegro their first point of the season after five straight defeats.
Group B1 was heading into the final round with four teams divided at three points, but they turned things around with two wins, 2-1.
Ukraine were in fourth place before the trip to Tirana, but got off to a perfect start with two goals from Oleksandr Zinchenko and Roman Yaremchuk in the first 10 minutes.
Zinchenko celebrated the opening game by holding up a shirt emblazoned with “1000” to commemorate the 1,000th day since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Nedim Vajrami’s penalty with 15 minutes remaining gave Albania hope, but the Ukrainians held on for second place.
The Czech Republic led the group with eight points, but solidified their lead with a 2-1 home win over Georgia, thanks to first-half goals from Pavel Suluk and Adam Hrozek.
In League C, Sweden defeated Azerbaijan 6-0, showing off their batting power and taking the lead in the group.
26-year-old striker to watch Victor Gokeres Dejan Kulusevski scored twice and scored four goals in the rout.
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