Germany 2:1 Bosnia-Herz (October 11, 2024) Match analysis

Germany striker Deniz Undav scored two goals in six minutes in the first half to lead to a 2-1 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday and secure them top spot in their Nations League group.

The Germans, who were missing several players due to injury, including Jamal Musiala, Niclas Füllkrug and Aleksandar Pavlovic, were in control from the start but, apart from a Pascal Gross shot wide of the goal, had no clear chances against the disciplined hosts.

They had to wait until the half-hour mark to break the deadlock when Robert Andrich placed a cross for Florian Wirtz, who, with his back to the Bosnian goal, put Undav in the net for the first time.

Six minutes later, the VfB Stuttgart striker doubled his lead by firing home a cross from Maximilian Mittelstädt.

The visitors should have scored more goals and put the ball into the net three more times just to have the effort ruled out for offside.

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Bosnia, who hit the woodwork through Ermedin Demirovic, reduced the deficit when Edin Dzeko scored with a header at the far post in the 70th minute to inject some tension into the game, but they were unable to equalize.

“Overall, I’m happy with the performance,” said national coach Julian Nagelsmann. “We didn’t allow too many counterattacks. We may not have had enough goals for the dominance we had.”

“But we had to see how much we wanted to be prepared for the third goal after conceding a goal and making a few substitutions. And we also had to think about the game on Monday (against the Netherlands).”

Nagelsmann also said that midfielder Chris Führich would not be available on Monday because he suffered a muscle injury after coming on as a substitute.

Germany are at the top of Group A3 with seven points from three games, while the Dutch are in second place with five points. Hungary has two points and Bosnia is in last place with one point.