Jamal Musiala scored his second goal of the tournament to help Germany beat Hungary 2-0 on Wednesday and book its spot in the European Championship knockout stage. Musiala opened the scoring in the 22nd minute with a goal that was furiously protested by Hungary. İlkay Gundoğan had set that up and the Germany captain got on the scoresheet himself in the second half.
The 21-year-old Musiala had netted Germany’s second goal in the 5-1 opening victory over Scotland on Friday. Hungary lost 3-1 to Switzerland on Saturday and now faces an uphill challenge to advance. Hungary plays Scotland in the final Group A match on Sunday, when Julian Nagelsmann’s team takes on Switzerland.
Germany is definitely into the next round at least as a best third-place team. It will be confirmed in the top two if Scotland fails to beat Switzerland later Wednesday. Hungary was unbeaten in its previous three matches against Germany, winning the last time the two met, and it put up a good fight against the host nation in Stuttgart.
Marco Rossi’s side started aggressively and stunned Germany by almost taking the lead inside 20 seconds. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer had to be quick off his line to slide to the ball to stop Roland Sallai. At the other end, Hungary goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi pulled off an impressive save to deny Kai Havertz.
The noise level ramped up every time Musiala had the ball and the Stuttgart-born forward opened the scoring in chaotic fashion. Musiala tried to set up Gundoğan but H.