On Saturday evening, November 16, two defeats took place in the fifth round of the group stage of the Football League of Nations.
The national teams of Germany and the Netherlands are directly related to them.
The former "destroyed" Bosnia and Herzegovina, scoring 7 unanswered goals against the team's unfortunate goalkeeper.
The latter left no chance for the Hungarians, scoring four goals against them and not letting a single one into their own.
Germans
Thanks to the victory over the Bosnians, the Germans guaranteed themselves first place in Group A3 and, accordingly, participation in the tournament playoffs.
But after this defeat, the Balkan team prematurely lost the chance to spend the next season in Division A, that is, it dropped lower - to B.
Tim Kleindenst (23rd and 79th minutes) and Florian Wirtz (50, 57) scored twice for the German national team.
Jamal Musiala (2), Kai Havertz (37) and Leroy Sane (66) also scored.
By the way, the Bosnia and Herzegovina team suffered the biggest defeat in its history.
Netherlands
In the same group, the Netherlands team defeated the Hungarians with a score of 4:0.
The goals were scored by Wout Weghorst (9th minute, penalty) and Cody Gakpo (45th minute, also penalty).
Denzel Dumfries (64) and Toen Koopmeiners (86) scored for the Orange team. The total was 4:0.
After five rounds, Germany is in the lead in this group with 13 points, with the Netherlands in second place (8).
Hungary is in third place with 5 points, while Bosnians are in fourth place with just one point.
Georgia and Ukraine
Among other games of the 5th round, which took place on November 16, we note the draw in the confrontation between the national teams of Georgia and Ukraine – 1:1.
In both cases, the Georgians scored: first, there was an own goal by Saba Kvirkvelia (7th minute), and then the opponent was upset by Georges Mikautadze (76).
In the same group (B1) the Albanians drew with the Czechs – 0:0.
The situation in the quartet is quite intriguing, since any of the teams can make it to the playoffs, but many can also be relegated to a lower division.
Before the final round, the Czech Republic is in the lead with 8 points, followed by Georgia and Albania with 7 points.
The Ukrainian team is in fourth place with 5 points.
Other games
Results of other matches played on November 16: two more goalless draws followed between Türkiye and Wales and Azerbaijan and Estonia.
Montenegro lost to Iceland (0:2), Sweden beat Slovakia (2:1), and Moldova beat Andorra away (1:0).
