81
22:24
With ten minutes to go and Flick fearing his first defeat here, Hungary is getting closer to winning their group and the Final Four with every passing second!
78
22:21
Callum Styles comes on as a substitute for Hungary
78
22:21
Substitution for Hungary: Ádám Nagy
77
22:20
With a cross, Havertz disrupts Gulácsi, who is running out, so that he cannot secure the ball. The ball bounces out at Kimmich’s feet, but the midfielder misses on Lang’s head!
74
22:17
Debutant Milos Kerkez sits down at the five with pain in his shoulder and is treated. He has problems with his left arm.
72
10:15 p.m
First of all, the guests countered via the substitute Ádám, who drives the ball half-left into the sixteen and then shoots flat to the right corner. Ter Stegen dives hard and prevents the impact with his left hand!
70
22:13
Flick sends the Young Guns onto the field. Havertz and Musiala come.
69
22:13
Substitution in Germany: Kai Havertz
69
22:13
Substitution in Germany: Timo Werner
69
22:13
Substitution for Germany: Jamal Musiala
69
22:13
Substitution for Germany: İlkay Gündoğan
69
22:12
Raum plays a strong cross in front of the goal, which Sané misjudges. He hits the ball more with his neck than with his head.
67
22:11
Before the Germans swap again, Marco Rossi draws his first change. Martin Ádám and László Kleinheisler are new in the game and replace, among other things, the goal scorer, Ádám Szalai.
67
22:10
Martin Ádám comes on as a substitute for Hungary
67
22:10
Ádám Szalai is making the substitution for Hungary
66
22:09
László Kleinheisler comes on as a substitute for Hungary
66
22:09
Substitution for Hungary: Dániel Gazdag
66
22:09
Kimmich hits the second free kick from the right half-field in front of the goal, but this time it is blocked far in front.
63
22:07
In the meantime, the guests are getting back into the game a little better, although Germany wants to keep up the pace. Maybe Flick will have to add more staff.
60
22:03
From 25 meters, Kimmich lets the outside net tremble! The ball rushes just centimeters past the left corner!
59
22:03
Germany prepares the opponent, but despite all the new strengths of the home side, Hungary remains defensively uncomfortable.
56
22:00
The second half of the Germans is clearly better. Nothing comes from Hungary except as tight a defense as possible. After three quick ball contacts, Werner comes to an end. However, the bouncing ball is very difficult to convert and so the shot flies straight into Gulácsi’s hands.
53
21:57
The ball wriggles in the Hungarian net, but afterwards the assistant’s flag goes up. Before he could put the ball down, Hofmann was caught offside. So the hit doesn’t count.
51.
21:54
Sané enters the penalty area on the left and almost shoots from the baseline. Gulácsi extends his left leg in a flash and prevents the impact in the far corner!
49
21:52
Kimmich sends a free kick in front of the goal from the right half of the field, which is only missed by centimeters at the first post! A defender clears the five with a tackle!
46
21:49
Gnabry stays outside. That’s what Kehrer is coming for. Hofmann moves it one station forward.
46
21:49
Substitution in Germany: Thilo Kehrer
46
21:49
Substitution in Germany: Serge Gnabry
46
21:48
Kick-off 2nd half
45
21:35
Mid-term conclusion:
The first half between Germany and Hungary ends with whistles. The East Europeans lead 1-0 thanks to a fine goal from Ádám Szalai. The Germans can think of little to break through the good game structure of the guests. Again and again, long passes end up in the top of the opponent or out of bounds. On the other hand, the Hungarians break through several times, but also have hardly any degrees themselves. The hacking goal by veteran Szalai, which is well worth seeing, remains one of the very few highlights. Hopefully there will be some improvement in the second half.
45
21:32
Official stoppage time (minutes): 1
42
21:29
Rüdiger pulls away from almost the third row, but gets stuck at Ádám Lang’s feet.
40
21:27
Yellow card for Ádám Szalai (Hungary)
Goal scorer Szalai hits Süle with his arm in the face when he wants to make some space and promptly sees yellow.
39
21:26
That’s at least a shot on goal from Gulácsi. Raum can pull down to the left and cross to the second post. There, Müller prevails in the aerial duel, only to behead heavily in the arms of the Leipzig goalkeeper.
37
21:24
Gnabry seems to be taking his poor form from the club to the national team. Again and again the striker’s balls jump.
36
21:22
Paper balls are thrown at Szoboszlai as he is about to take a corner kick, causing the referee to stop the game for a moment. The subsequent cross does not cause any danger.
33
21:20
What might give some hope is the fact that the visitors are now very far behind in order to stop the attacks. Of course, that also makes it longer for Hungary to get to the opposing goal.
30
21:17
Again and again the hosts are faced with the question of where the next pass should go. It usually ends with a high pass that the Hungarians like to pick up in order to switch their turn. Once again, Rüdiger has to put his body in his own sixteen to clarify.
27
21:14
After a briefly blocked corner, Sané fires the first shot for Germany, but chases the ball a good two meters to the left.
25
21:13
This is the next set piece almost conceding a goal as the Hungarians take the free kick quickly and find Gazdag in the centre. However, ter Stegen stands in his way directly on the five and blocks the attacker’s attempt!
25
21:11
Yellow card for Joshua Kimmich (Germany)
Kimmich pulls a short tactical foul on Szoboszlai on the right.
23
21:10
The Germans can think of little. At least they’re pushing the Eastern Europeans back into the last third.
20
21:07
On the right in the penalty area, Gnabry has room to cross and is looking for Werner’s head. Shortly before the Leipzig, however, a Hungarian head pushes in between and clarifies!
17
21:05
17
21:04
Tooor for Hungary, 0:1 by Ádám Szalai
It’s just a corner, but it leads to the gate! Szoboszlai hits the ball at rest onto the first post, which the veteran Szalai somehow extended with his heel into the far corner in his penultimate international match! A dream goal!
17
21:03
Fiola lays well in the penalty area for Ádám Szalai. The striker shoots immediately, but is deflected at the last moment. There is only one corner.
15
21:02
A quarter of an hour is played and Germany is looking for gaps here. Once again, the Eastern Europeans are extremely difficult to play with. Reminds a bit of Union Berlin in their approach.
11.
20:58
Again and again the guests switch at speed. So far, however, the defense has managed to close the gaps in their own penalty area at the latest.
9.
20:56
The Germans follow up well on the left and put Kimmich in a flanking position. He finds Gnabry on the second post, but the ball jumps so that Hungary can clarify.
8th.
20:55
So far, the Hungarians seem a bit more dangerous. Dániel Gazdag is run off by Rüdiger on the way into the penalty area.
6.
20:52
After the first moments of pressure, the German national team now has more control in the game and at least keeps the ball in their own half.
3.
20:50
The hosts attack for the first time. However, the long pass in the direction of Gnabry flies out of reach.
1.
20:48
The first flank rushes into the German penalty area. Rüdiger clears his own five with his head. Hungary puts pressure on!
1.
20:47
Hungary toasts. The ball rolls in Leipzig. Let the wild ride begin!
20:46
Before kick-off, the deceased Uwe Seeler is remembered again, because today is the first international match since his death.
20:39
Both teams step onto the turf of the stadium where RB Leipzig plays their home games. After the anthems it starts. It will not be long.
20:36
Today’s referee team comes from Slovenia. The game will be led by Slavko Vinčić. The 42-year-old will be assisted by linesmen Tomaž Klančnik and Andraž Kovačič.
20:29
Hungary coach Marco Rossi also has to compensate for two failures. Zsolt Nagy and Roland Sallai are missing from the squad and will be replaced by Ádám Nagy and Milos Kerkez. Péter Gulácsi also returns to the starting XI at his home stadium. Likewise, Dániel Gazdag moves into the first team. The two replace Dénes Dibusz and Callum Styles.
20:21
Hansi Flick continues to work on his team for the upcoming World Cup. Accordingly, he changes little in his starting eleven compared to the 5-2 win over Italy. Manuel Neuer is missing due to his corona infection, while Lukas Klostermann is out with a syndesmosis ligament injury. Marc-André ter Stegen and Serge Gnabry, who should push Jonas Hofmann back to the right-back position, start instead. Otherwise everything stays the same.
20:12
In any case, the final opponent of the 1954 World Cup has blossomed into a kind of mini feared opponent of the Germans in recent years, because the last two duels only ended in a draw. The 1-1 in June has already been mentioned, plus a 2-2 at the EM 2020 when Leon Goretzka was only able to equalize in the 84th minute.
20:03
The Hungarians shocked England in the first place in this qualification. At the start of the Nations League, Leipzig’s Dominik Szoboszlai scored to win 1-0 against the British. On the fourth day of play, the Eastern Europeans even won 4-0 at Molineux Stadium to Wolverhampton. In between, they narrowly lost 2-1 to Italy and drew 1-1 from Germany. The DFB-Elf is warned.
19:54
The German national team started the Nations League in June with a triple 1-1 draw. It was only in the fourth game that the liberation came when the Germans overran a surprisingly open Italy 5-2 and in the meantime led 5-0. As a result, the national team is now in second place with six points. Only today’s opponent is ahead of them.
19:35
Germany wants to qualify for the semi-finals of the Nations League. Today the group leader from Hungary is waiting. Warm welcome!