Defeating Hungary, Germany soon won a ticket to the round of 16 of Euro 2024
Báo Dân trí•20/06/2024
(Dan Tri) - With a 2-0 victory over Hungary at MHPArena on the night of June 19, the German team continued to lead Group A and is certain to win a ticket to the round of 16 of Euro 2024.
Highlight Germany defeated Hungary, soon won a ticket to the 1/8 round of Euro 2024
After a resounding 5-1 win over Scotland in the first round of Euro 2024, the home team Germany kept the same starting lineup to play against Hungary at MHPArena (Stuttgart). Coach Nagelsmann's team was surprised by Hungary's ability to start quickly. Rossi's team pushed up the squad to play an open game with Germany, this was a very different image of the Hungarian team compared to the 1-3 loss to Switzerland a few days ago. The match was quite open, leading to easy scoring opportunities for both teams, Germany's opportunities were a bit sharper than Hungary's, but the home team was also a bit lucky not to concede an early goal. Musiala celebrates with creator Gundogan. The surprise happened in the 22nd minute, Orban lost his balance and fell to the ground after a one-on-one fight with Gundogan. The Hungarian players thought their defender had been fouled so they stopped but the referee did not blow the whistle. Gundogan rushed to get the ball in the opponent's panic, he passed the ball to Musiala so that the German number 10 could finish and score. VAR also intervened and determined that Gundogan had not committed a foul so the goal was recognized. With the goal, Germany was relieved of the burden and dominated Hungary for the rest of the first half, but only in terms of ball control. Hungary had no difficulty finding a chance to shoot towards Neuer's goal, even in the extra minute Sallai put the ball into the German net but the referee caught an offside so the goal was not recognized. After more than ten ineffective minutes of the second half, coach Nagelsmann decided to refresh the attack by bringing in Fullkrug and Sane to replace Havertz and Wirtz. Fullkrug's presence gave Germany better aerial ability and Hungary knew that. However, paying too much attention to Fullkrug cost Hungary. In the 67th minute, Mittelstadt crossed for Gundogan to finish with one touch near the penalty spot to make it 2-0. The Hungarian defense was so focused on Fullkrug that they assigned quite a few people to mark this striker and left Gundogan alone to finish. Gundogan celebrates after scoring against Hungary. The gap of 2 goals made Hungary's hopes of scoring a point slim, but coach Rossi's team still tried to find an honorary goal, unfortunately they were not successful. With a 2-0 victory over Hungary, the German team has 6 points, the goal difference is 7-1. Because the early match in Group B between Croatia and Albania ended in a 2-2 draw, at least in two groups the third-placed team will not reach 6 points, so the German team is definitely among the 16 teams with the best rankings after the Euro 2024 group stage.
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