Germany thrash Bosnia 7-0; Netherlands beat Hungary 4-0 in Nations League

Netherlands’s triumph implicit Hungary was halted owed to a aesculapian exigency connected Hungary’s adjunct manager Adam Szalai.

Netherlands person entered the UEFA Nations League quarterfinals aft outclassing Hungary with a 4-0 triumph portion record-setting Germany hammered Bosnia and Herzegovina 7-0.

Netherlands and Hungary went into Saturday’s lucifer tied connected 5 points each, with the winners acceptable to articulation Germany successful the last-four signifier from Group A3.

First-half penalties by Wout Weghorst and Cody Gakpo sent the Oranje connected their mode earlier Denzel Dumfries and Teun Koopmeiners made the crippled harmless successful the 2nd period.

The lucifer astatine the Johan Cruyff Arena was concisely interrupted successful the seventh infinitesimal pursuing a aesculapian exigency connected the Hungarian bench.

The referee stopped play for immoderate 10 minutes portion Hungary’s adjunct manager Adam Szalai received treatment, shielded from presumption by huddled players and unit members, arsenic good arsenic a ample achromatic sheet.

Szalai, 36, was stretchered disconnected to applause from spectators and players alike, the Hungarian FA aboriginal released a connection saying helium was “conscious” and successful a “stable condition” astatine an Amsterdam hospital.

Stewards supply a screen arsenic play is suspended owed to a aesculapian exigency successful the Netherlands vs Hungary Nations League shot lucifer [Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters]

Germany cemented their spot astatine the apical of the radical with a 7-0 triumph implicit Bosnia – the heaviest successful the six-year past of the Nations League.

“It was bully amusive tonight. After a mates of goals, we did the enactment defensively and past everything came unneurotic offensively. The much that happens, the much amusive we person connected the pitch,” German attacker Jamal Musiala said.

Musiala opened the floodgates aft 2 minutes with a header from Joshua Kimmich’s cross.

Tim Kleindienst scored his archetypal extremity for Germany successful the 23rd infinitesimal and Kai Havertz made the crippled harmless 8 minutes earlier the break, slotting location aft a slick one-two with Florian Wirtz.

Wirtz past made it 4 connected 50 minutes with a sublime swerving free-kick from wide connected the left, earlier doubling up 7 minutes later.

“Seeing Flo [Wirtz’s] escaped footwear was benignant of bully but conscionable successful wide everyone played well, had bully moments. We’re conscionable playing bully football,” added Musiala.

Substitute Leroy Sane scored Germany’s sixth successful the 66th infinitesimal and Kleindienst completed the rout conscionable implicit 10 minutes from clip arsenic helium guided location a pinpoint transverse from centre-half Antonio Rudiger.

The emphatic effect leaves Germany 5 points up of the Netherlands, with lone 1 lucifer near to play.

In Group B1, Georgia played retired a 1-1 gully astatine location to Ukraine to enactment 2 points up of the fourth-placed visitors.

The Czech Republic drew 0-0 successful Albania and stay apical of the radical connected 8 points, 1 up of Georgia successful 2nd and their third-placed opponents.

Turkey stayed apical of Group B4 with a 0-0 gully astatine location to Wales, portion Iceland bushed Montenegro 2-0.

Turkey were presented with a aureate accidental to turn their two-point pb implicit Wales, but Kerem Akturkoglu sent his 89th-minute punishment wide.

Leroy Sane celebrates with teammates aft scoring Germany’s sixth extremity during the UEFA Nations League shot lucifer against Bosnia, successful Freiburg [Thomas Kienzle/AFP]