At the European Championships in the final match of Group F, Germany’s footballers only drew 2: 2 in Munich with Hungary, but still advanced to the elimination phase. In the round of 16, they will face England, and the visiting team said goodbye to the tournament.
The Germans lost twice with the group’s outsider and struggled to advance. The guests took the lead 11 minutes into the match, coming in from the right hand side for Ádám Szalai. In less than two minutes, András Schäfer returned the Hungarians to an unexpected lead, but in the 84th minute Leon Goretzka saved the favorite.
The Germans, whose coach Joachim Löw will finish on the bench after the Euro, closed the group with four points and placed second in front of the Portuguese thanks to a better mutual balance. After an unexpected draw in Budapest with the French, the Hungarians took another big favorite points, but it was not enough for them to participate in the elimination phase and they did not follow the progress from the group from the last Euro.
“I’m having a hard time looking for words. We played a good match. The Germans dominated, but we scored two goals. We were unlucky, it’s a very bitter end of the tournament,” said Hungarian goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi.
“We made mistakes, but we fought and showed character. The main thing is that we advanced. That was our goal. Now England is waiting for us and we are looking forward to it. We will be a completely different team than today, I can promise you that,” said Löw. .
Although the Germans held the balloon more and dominated the entire first half, the Hungarians surprisingly took the lead. After 11 minutes, Ádám Szalai came on for Sallai. The Germans collected the fastest goal on the Euro since 2000.
Coach Löw’s charges then had several chances to equalize. With 21 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. Subsequently, Ginter hit only goalkeeper Gulácsi.
Even after the break, the Germans did not manage to overcome the Hungarian defense. Sallai could have put his team up another goal 63 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post.
In the 66th minute he leveled the favorite. Teh keeper Gulásci saved a direct kick in the air, and Havertz knocked the ball close to the net. In 91 seconds, however, the Hungarians took back the sensational lead. Ádám Szalai knocked the ball to Schäfer, who headed the ball into the net in front of the running goalkeeper Neuer.
The Germans were not far from sensationally dropped out. In the 80th minute, Kroos narrowly missed the distant rod and the embarrassment was averted four minutes later by the alternating Goretzka, who sent the ball into the net after several bounces.
Group F (Munich):
Germany – Hungary 2: 2 (0: 1)
Goals: 66. Havertz, 84. Goretzka – 11. Ádám Szalai, 68. Schäfer. Judges: Karasev – Demeško, Gavrilin (all Russians) – Irrati (video, It.). ŽK: Gündogan, Sané – Botka, Ádám Szalai, Fiola. Attendance: 12,413 (limited number).
Assemblies:
Německo: Neuer – Ginter (82nd Volland), Hummels, Rüdiger – Kimmich, Gündogan (58th Goretzka), Kroos, Gosens (82nd Musiala) – Havertz (67th Werner), Sané – Gnabry (68th Müller). Trenér: Low.
Maďarsko: Gulácsi – Négo, Botka, Orbán, Attila Szalai, Fiola (88. Nicolics) – Kleinheisler (88. Lovrencsics), Nagy, Schäfer – Ádám Szalai (82. Varga), Sallai (75. Schön). Trainer: Rossi.
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