Germany knock out Hungary with a 2-0 win.
Ilkay Gundogan set up a goal for Jamal Musiala and then scored himself to give Germany a comfortable 2-0 win over Hungary in Group A on Wednesday that made the host nation the first side to qualify for the knockout stage at Euro 2024.
With two wins out of two, the Germans are guaranteed to be at least among the four best third-placed teams. They will finish in the top two of the group if Scotland fail to beat Switzerland later on Wednesday.
Musiala, playing, gave the Germans the lead in the 22nd minute after some horrendous Hungarian defending led to the ball being poked into his path by Gundogan, and the 21-year-old needed no second invitation, hammering the ball in via a defender.
Roland Sallai had a goal ruled out in first-half stoppage time for Hungary and they wasted a number of other decent chances before Gundogan, in a man-of-the-match performance, scored in the 67th minute with a simple finish after a clinical build-up.
Defender Willi Orban went to shoulder-barge Gundogan in his own area but came off the worse for it and fell over. The German captain was then able to pull the ball back to Musiala who smashed it in off defender Attila Fiola while some Hungary players had stopped and were appealing for a foul.
VAR confirmed the goal after a quick check.
Hungary responded well, with Neuer having to dive across to the top corner to parry away a Dominik Szoboszlai freekick shortly after.
They then thought they had equalised on the stroke of halftime when Sallai headed in from a rebound, but it was ruled out for offside. And they had another chance to level after halftime when Barnabas Varga headed over the bar.
But the Germans kept applying pressure with Musiala in particular continuing to be a menace for the Hungary defence. He was also involved in the build-up when Gundogan doubled their lead in the 67th by sweeping in a low cross from Maximilian Mittelstadt.
Germany were able to keep possession and run the clock down as they assured their place in the next round.
