Nations League: Germany beats Bosnia (and VAR), draw in ten for Netherlands
Eight Nations League matches played on Friday;
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On Friday’s Nations League Friday, the two matches in Group 3 of League A stand out, at the end of which Germany finds itself alone at the top of the group standings: the Germans beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-1 on the wings of Deniz Undav’s double, scoring on 30' and 36'. For the Mannschaft there were also two goals cancelled by VAR, for offside, to Kleindienst at 32' and to the same Undav at 58': Bosnia then reopened it with Edin Dzeko, scoring at minute 71, but despite the final forcing the score at the triple whistle è of 2-1 for Germany.
On the other hand, Italian coach Marco Rossi's Hungary came close to a prestigious victory: the Magyars, against the Netherlands, took the lead at 32' with Sallai and could enjoy numerical superiority from 79' for the double yellow, within three minutes, inflicted on Van Dijk, but Dumfries at 83' found the winning shot and avoided the Oranje’s knockout. The group standings therefore see Germany first with 7 points, followed by Holland at 5, Hungary at 2 and Bosnia at 1.
Four League B matches from Groups 1 and 4 also took the field: victories for Czech Republic (2-0 over Albania, Chory’s brace on 3' and 63'), Turkey (1-0 to Montenegro, Irfan Can Kahveci deciding on 69') and Ukraine (Georgia beaten 1-0 with Mudryk’s goal on 35'), while Iceland and Wales tied 2-2 (Dragons ahead by two goals, scored by Johnson at 11' and Wilson at 29', Icelandic comeback with Tomasson at 69' and Ward's own goal at 72'). In Group 1 Georgia and Czech Republic lead with 6 points, followed by Albania and Ukraine with 3, in Group 4 Turkey è in front with 7 points, behind it Wales with 5, Iceland with 4 points and Montenegro still at 0.
Closing the review of the evening results are the two matches in Group 1 of League C: Estonia overcame Azerbaijan 3-1 (Bayramov on a penalty kick at 46' of the first half answered Yakovlev’s home lead at 32' Sinyavsiy at 47' of the first half and Shein at 72' close the file), 2-2 between Slovakia and Sweden (Ayari at 32' and Sema at 32' put the guests ahead by two goals, Strelec put things back on track for Slovakia with two goals, at 44' and 72'). In the standings, Sweden and Slovakia themselves lead with 7 points, Estonia rises to 3 and Azerbaijan remains at zero.
