Deniz Undav scored twice as Germany secured a 2-1 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina, bringing them closer to the Nations League quarter-finals. Meanwhile, a 10-man Netherlands team salvaged a 1-1 draw against Hungary. In Zenica, Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz assisted Undav’s opener with a backheel after 30 minutes. Undav added a second goal by converting a cross from Maximilian Mittelstädt. Bosnia responded with 20 minutes left when 38-year-old Edin Džeko headed in from a corner, marking his 67th international goal.
Undav, making his second international start, told RTL, “After they scored, things got tense, but we managed the game well.” The win gives Germany seven points from three games, two points ahead of the Netherlands, with the two teams set to face off on Monday in Munich. Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann noted, “We didn’t convert enough of our chances.”
In Budapest, both teams and fans observed a minute’s silence for Dutch football legend Johan Neeskens, who passed away at 73. Hungary went ahead in the 32nd minute through Roland Sallai’s close-range finish, assisted by Zsolt Nagy. Hungarian coach Marco Rossi, leading his 69th match, saw his team aiming for a win, especially after Virgil van Dijk’s red card in the 79th minute. However, four minutes later, Denzel Dumfries equalized with a header from a Cody Gakpo free-kick. Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman praised his team’s fight despite being down to 10 men, saying, “Even with ten men, we kept pressing and I believed we would score.”
Elsewhere, Wales gave up a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 with Iceland. Tottenham’s Brennan Johnson, who scored for the seventh consecutive game, and Harry Wilson put Wales ahead by halftime, but substitute Logi Tomasson scored twice for Iceland, with Danny Ward’s mistake allowing the equalizer. Despite the result, Wales coach Craig Bellamy remained positive, praising his team’s performance.
In other games, Turkey edged Montenegro 1-0, while Sweden let a 2-0 lead slip to draw 2-2 with Slovakia. Yasin Ayari and Ken Sema scored for Sweden, but Slovakia’s David Strelec responded with two goals to secure a point. Tomas Chory scored twice in the Czech Republic’s 2-0 win over Albania, while Ukraine’s Mykhailo Mudryk’s goal handed Georgia a 1-0 defeat.
