The The German national team keep up the good progress UEFA Nations League. And this Sunday he hit Netherlands at home to top Group 3 of League A and remain unbeaten in the competition.
The Germans were five points ahead of the Dutch and had already secured their place in the quarter finals. It is enough to know on the FIFA date in November whether it is the leader or the second.
Just two minutes into the game, Germany almost took the lead with Jamie Leweling receiving a pass from Serge Gnabry and the forward took a left-footed shot to beat Bart Verbruggen. However, the VAR disallowed the goal for offside.
Already around the 27th minute, the Gnabry-Leweling partnership would have another chance. The Bayern winger passed it to the Stuttgart winger who hit a right-footed shot which was denied by Stefan De Vrij towards the corner. From the same play, Antonio Rudiger connected a cross from the right with his head that went into the hands of Verbruggen.
Germany would have a few more chances with Tim Kleindiest and Angelo Stiller, but the Netherlands were able to keep the scoreline at least until the end of this half.
In the 64th minute, the Germans were finally able to open the scoring in a game that started with a corner kick and ended with Leweling taking a shot from the corner inside the area to win it at the Allianz Arena. At 76′, the only clear chance for the Netherlands came when Xavi Simons sent the ball to the crossbar of Oliver Baumann’s goal.
With this result, Germany will, on the FIFA date in November, play against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary while the Netherlands will first face the Hungarians and then the Bosnians.