UEFA Nations League

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Germany, 2024-25 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage

· UEFA Nations League
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 70': Edin Dzeko
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1 - 2
Germany
  • 30': Deniz Undav
  • 36': Deniz Undav

Undav double sees Germany hold off Bosnia to stay top

Germany forward Deniz Undav scored two first-half goals in six minutes to guide them to a 2-1 victory over Bosnia on Friday and keep them in top spot in their Nations League group.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Florian Wirtz.
  • 3': Dzenis Burnic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 3': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Germany).
  • 4': Attempt missed. Ivan Basic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 5': Antonio Rüdiger (Germany) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 5': Foul by Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 7': Foul by Sead Kolasinac (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 7': Serge Gnabry (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Foul by Armin Gigovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 7': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 7': Armin Gigovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Tim Kleindienst (Germany) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Maximilian Mittelstädt with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Edin Dzeko with a cross.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Maximilian Mittelstädt (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 17': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Germany).
  • 17': Nikola Katic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 22': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Nikola Katic.
  • 23': Dzenis Burnic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Serge Gnabry (Germany).
  • 24': Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 24': Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Germany).
  • 25': Attempt missed. Pascal Groß (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 26': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Jonathan Tah.
  • 27': Foul by Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 27': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Foul by Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 29': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 0, Germany 1. Deniz Undav (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
  • 32': Attempt blocked. Pascal Groß (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Deniz Undav.
  • 32': Offside, Germany. Tim Kleindienst is caught offside.
  • 35': Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 36': Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 0, Germany 2. Deniz Undav (Germany) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maximilian Mittelstädt with a cross.
  • 42': Hand ball by Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 44': Corner, Germany. Conceded by Adrian Barisic.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Germany) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0, Germany 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Bosnia and Herzegovina 0, Germany 2.
  • 45': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Benjamin Tahirovic replaces Ivan Basic.
  • 46': Dzenis Burnic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 46': Foul by Serge Gnabry (Germany).
  • 51': Attempt missed. Deniz Undav (Germany) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
  • 52': Adrian Barisic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 52': Foul by Tim Kleindienst (Germany).
  • 54': Attempt blocked. Deniz Undav (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
  • 55': Offside, Germany. Maximilian Mittelstädt is caught offside.
  • 58': Offside, Germany. Tim Kleindienst is caught offside.
  • 58': Delay in match because of an injury Nikola Vasilj (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 59': VAR Decision: No Goal Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-2 Germany.
  • 60': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
  • 65': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dario Saric replaces Armin Gigovic.
  • 65': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Haris Hajradinovic replaces Denis Huseinbasic.
  • 66': Foul by Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 66': Robert Andrich (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Substitution, Germany. Robin Gosens replaces Maximilian Mittelstädt.
  • 67': Substitution, Germany. Jonathan Burkardt replaces Deniz Undav.
  • 67': Substitution, Germany. Angelo Stiller replaces Robert Andrich.
  • 68': Foul by Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 68': Robin Gosens (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Offside, Germany. Serge Gnabry is caught offside.
  • 69': Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Germany).
  • 69': Attempt blocked. Dario Saric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ermedin Demirovic.
  • 70': Corner, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Conceded by Tim Kleindienst.
  • 70': Goal! Bosnia and Herzegovina 1, Germany 2. Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Benjamin Tahirovic with a cross following a corner.
  • 73': Attempt missed. Dario Saric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
  • 74': Foul by Benjamin Tahirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 74': Jonathan Burkardt (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Benjamin Tahirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 76': Dario Saric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 76': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Germany).
  • 79': Attempt saved. Jonathan Burkardt (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tim Kleindienst.
  • 81': Foul by Adrian Barisic (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
  • 81': Robin Gosens (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 82': Adrian Barisic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Substitution, Germany. Chris Führich replaces Serge Gnabry.
  • 83': Dario Saric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Foul by Jonathan Tah (Germany).
  • 84': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Esmir Bajraktarevic replaces Dzenis Burnic.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Esmir Bajraktarevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jusuf Gazibegovic.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Chris Führich (Germany) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Haris Tabakovic replaces Sead Kolasinac.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Germany. Waldemar Anton replaces Pascal Groß.
  • 90'+5': Ermedin Demirovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+5': Joshua Kimmich (Germany) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1, Germany 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1, Germany 2.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 0
2 Corner Kicks 3
0 Saves 2
73.1 Possession 26.9
12 SHOTS 8
4 ON GOAL 1
0.3 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
627 Accurate Passes 162
704 Passes 252
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.6
6 Accurate Crosses 4
18 Crosses 13
0.3 Cross % 0.3
54 Long Balls 55
29 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 3
10 Effective Tackles 9
13 Tackles 13
0.8 Tackle % 0.7
4 Interceptions 8
14 Effective Clearances 17
14 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Nations League

Venue: Bilino Polje
Location: Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Attendance: 11,000

UEFA Nations League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Germany 6 +14 14
2 Netherlands 6 +6 9
3 Hungary 6 -7 6
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 -13 2
Full Table

Line-Ups

BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Nikola Vasiljev (GK)
18 Nikola Katic
5 Sead Kolasinac
16 Adrian Leon Barisic Yellow Card
17 Dzenis Burnic
4 Jusuf Gazibegovic
13 Ivan Basic
8 Denis Huseinbasic
15 Armin Gigovic Yellow Card
10 Ermedin Demirovic Yellow Card
11 Edin Dzeko Yellow Card
Bosnia and Herzegovina Substitutes:
Esmir Bajraktarevic, Nail Omerovic, Stjepan Radeljic, Haris Hajradinovic, Martin Zlomislic, Nihad Mujakic, Benjamin Tahirovic, Ermin Bicakcic, Enver Kulasin, Dario Saric, Osman Hadzikic, Haris Tabakovic.

GER Germany (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Alexander Nübel (GK)
4 Jonathan Tah
2 Antonio Rüdiger
18 Maximilian Mittelstädt
6 Joshua Kimmich Yellow Card
13 Deniz Undav
5 Pascal Groß
8 Robert Andrich
9 Tim Kleindienst
17 Florian Wirtz
20 Serge Gnabry
Germany Substitutes:
Robin Gosens, Jamie Leweling, Waldemar Anton, Janis Blaswich, Angelo Stiller, Oliver Baumann, Kevin Schade, Chris Führich, Jonathan Burkhardt, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Nico Schlotterbeck.

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