Euro 2024: Highlights of Germany's second victory
The German team continued to show its strength in this year's tournament. The second consecutive victory helped coach Julian Nagelsmann and his team win the first ticket to the round of 16 of Euro 2024.
The home team is too strong.
It's not that the Hungarian team didn't have a chance in this match, but the home team's bad luck and coldness caused Dominik Szoboszlai and his teammates to accept their second loss in this year's tournament.
Leaving behind an imperfect run-up to the tournament, the German team has been playing better and better with the solidity of the central defender duo Antonio Rudiger and Jonathan Tah and the class of world-class midfielders such as Toni Kroos, İlkay Gündoğan and Jamal Musiala.
In the last match, once again the home team's midfield players scored to bring victory. Jamal Musiala scored his 2nd goal in this year's tournament, while İlkay Gündoğan contributed 1 goal and 1 assist.
It can be said that the German tanks are making all other teams wary in the tournament held right at home. And the question is who will stop the army of coach Julian Nagelsmann when the other candidates are having a difficult start in this year's tournament?
The return of İlkay Gündoğan
This season has been a less successful one for the Turkish midfielder. He and Barcelona have been empty-handed in all competitions. This is in stark contrast to the treble with Manchester City in the 2022/2023 season, where İlkay Gündoğan played a huge part in this achievement.
In the opening match of the German team, this 33-year-old midfielder also played relatively poorly compared to other teammates in the midfield. However, this was greatly improved by İlkay Gündoğan in the match against the Hungarian team, 1 goal and 1 assist said it all. With this impressive performance, İlkay Gündoğan was voted the best player of the match.
At 33, this will probably be İlkay Gündoğan's last tournament with the German national team. And surely, the Barcelona midfielder will want to win the championship right at home to have a beautiful farewell.
Luck turned its back on the Hungarian team
Compared to the opening match, Szoboszlai and his teammates had a much better match. They created many good chances towards goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's goal. However, the 38-year-old goalkeeper's excellence prevented the Hungarian team from scoring.
When Roland Sallai Although they defeated goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, the Hungarian team's goal was disallowed due to an offside error. It can be said that luck has turned its back on coach Marco Rossi and his team and they are facing the risk of an early exit from this year's tournament after two consecutive losses./.
