The Netherlands qualified for the quarter-finals of the Nations League after their 3-0 victory against Hungary for the 5th day of Group A3 on Saturday in a match marked in particular by the discomfort of Hungarian assistant Adam Szalai.
The match had to be interrupted after only 7 minutes by the Spanish referee of the match Jesus Gil Manzano to allow emergency services to intervene with Adam Szalai. The rest of the staff and the substitutes quickly surrounded him before a white tarpaulin was deployed to isolate the Hungarian bench. The match resumed after a little more than ten minutes of interruption following a consultation between the Hungarian players and the referee.
“Adam Szalai did not feel well in the opening minutes of Netherlands-Hungary but is in a stable condition and is conscious. A few minutes ago he was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Amsterdam for take exams”wrote MLSZ on He wore the Hungarian national team jersey 86 times, scoring 26 goals.
As soon as the restart, Gil Manzano consulted the VAR to award a penalty to the Dutch for a hand fault by Tamas Nikitscher and Wout Weghorst put the Dutch in control (21st). The ‘Oranje’ then increased the score after a new penalty converted by Cody Gakpo (45th + 12) then by Denzel Dumfries (64th) and Teun Koopmeiners (86th) to qualify for the quarter-finals
Germany rolls on Bosnia
At the same time, Germany dominated Bosnia and Herzegovina with a 7-0 victory with goals from Jamal Musiala (2nd), Tim Kleindienst (23rd, 79th), Kai Havertz (37th), Florian Wirtz (50th, 57th ) and Leroy Sané (66th).
In League B, the Czech Republic and Turkey will still have to wait to be promoted to League A. The Czechs were held to a draw in Albania (0-0) and the Turks shared the same score against Wales.
Sweden was promoted to League B after its 2-1 victory against Slovakia with goals from Viktor Gyokeres (3rd) and Alexander Isak (48th) to respond to that of David Hancko (19th).
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