Deniz Undav netted twice within the house of six first-half minutes as Germany held on for a 2-1 win in opposition to Bosnia-Herzegovina of their Nations League match on the Stadion Bilino Polje.
The Stuttgart striker discovered the again of the online within the thirtieth and thirty sixth minutes to tug Julian Nagelsmann’s aspect right into a two-goal lead, however captain Edin Dzeko’s aim for the hosts after restart arrange a tense ending to the sport which the Germans navigated.
Florian Wirtz ran onto a lofted ball from Robert Andrich earlier than laying it again for Undav to open the scoring on the half-hour mark within the League A Group 3 fixture, however Bosnia-Herzegovina had been unlucky to not equalise immediately.
Ermedin Demirovic broke free on a counter simply 4 minutes later and beat German goalkeeper Alexander Nubel along with his shot solely to see it brush the highest of the crossbar on its method out.
It proved to be a pricey miss as Undav turned in a low cross from Maximilian Mittelstadt a few minutes later to present the guests a two-goal cushion.
Undav thought he had his hat-trick within the 58th minute just for the aim to be dominated out for offside earlier than Dzeko halved the deficit for Sergej Barbarez’s aspect heading dwelling a Benjamin Tahriovic nook with 20 minutes left to play.
However the hosts failed to seek out an equaliser as group toppers Germany preserved their unbeaten begin and went two factors away from the Netherlands with their second win. Bosnia-Herzegovina, in the meantime, sit backside with just one level from three matches.
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Knowledge debrief: Undav shines once more for Germany
Following his two-goal show in Zenica, Undav now has three objectives in two appearances for Germany within the 2024-25 Nations League.
The 28-year-old had additionally scored Germany’s first aim of their 2-2 in opposition to the Netherlands of their final outing within the competitors after not coming off the substitutes’ bench of their opener in opposition to Hungary.
Undav’s first aim in opposition to Bosnia-Herzegovina was additionally the primary time two Stuttgart gamers had mixed for a Germany aim in 15 years as he netted off an help from his membership teammate Mittelstadt.
