Wales and Czechia promoted to League A, Hungary catches Germany

It was the end of the group stage of this Nations League this evening. We still had matches in League A, where the two leaders of group 3, Germany and the Netherlands, both qualified for the quarters, were playing their last meeting. The Nationalmannschaft challenged Hungary, with a very logically reshuffled eleven, in which we notably found Gnabry at the forefront of the attack supported by a Sané-Brandt-Fuhrich trio. Unsurprisingly, the meeting was fairly calm since there was nothing at stake on either side. In the second period, Julian Nagelsmann's troops pushed the pace a little, with Havertz and Brandt having chances, and it was Félix Nmecha who scored the only goal of the game on the German side a quarter away. end time. He propelled the ball deep from close range after a corner. Germany, however, was air-conditioned in the 90th + 8, with a penalty converted by Dominik Szoboszlai! Enough to spoil a little the end of the groups of the Germanic team, which still finished in the lead with 5 points ahead of the Orange.

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The Dutch challenged Bosnia-Herzegovina, already relegated to League B. There too, it was an eleven far from the holder that Ronald Koeman left, with Lang, Brobbey and Kluivert in front. The Oranje still wanted to fight and showed a conquering face from the start, materialized by the opening score of Brobbey, who sent a cross from Lang into the back of the net with a header (24th). But in the second period, Hungary had a burst of pride and began to compete seriously, and Ermedin Demirovic also equalized with a header, lobbing the Dutch goalkeeper after an initial save pushed back on the Stuttgart striker (67th). The score has not changed and Bosnia is relegated.

Disaster for Turkey!

It was in League B that there was the most suspense. In Group A, everything was to play for and all four teams could still qualify for the quarterfinals. Czechia and Georgia battled it out for first place, while Ukraine traveled to Albania. The Czechs were much superior to the Georgians and achieved their promotion to League A with this 2-1 success. Georges Mikautadze's team, scorer of one goal, finished third and will play in the relegation play-offs. The Ukrainians did the job in Albania (2-1) and therefore snatched a place in the promotion play-offs, while the Albanians went down to League C.

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In Group 4, there was also a lot at stake, with Turkey, Wales and Iceland held within four points. Guaranteed to be at least a barrage, Turkey traveled to Montenegro and had all the cards in hand to finish first, and therefore go up. A draw was enough… But things went badly for Arda Güler's gang, with a 3-1 defeat against Montenegro who had lost all these matches so far, led by Kstrovic, author of a hat-trick. A real twist of theater which deprives the Turks of direct access, forcing them to go through the roadblocks. Wales, despite a scare at the start of the match with Iceland's opening score, took advantage and took first place in the group thanks to their 4-1 victory. The Welsh are therefore promoted to League A! In the rest of the matches, we note that Sweden concluded this edition of the Nations League well by moving up to League B, inflicting a score of 6-0 on Azerbaijan and finishing with five victories and a draw in six matches. With, to note, a quadruplet from the inevitable Viktor Gyökeres.

The results of the evening

Ligue A

Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 – 1 Netherlands: Ermedin Demirovic (67th); Brobbey (24th)
Hongrie 0 – 0 Allemagne : Szoboszlai (90e+8) ; Nmecha (76e)

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Ligue B

Albania 0 – 2 Ukraine : Bajrami (75e) ; Zinchenko (5e), Yaremchuk (10e)
Montenegro 3 – 1 Türkiye: Kstrovic (29th, 45th, 73rd) – Yildiz (37th)
Wales 4– X Islande : Cullen (32e, 45e+1), Johnson (65e), Wilson (79e) ; Gudjohnsen (8e)
Czechia 2 – 1 Géorgie : Sulc (3e), Hlozek (24e) ; Mikautadze (60e)