Reijnders’ hat-trick fires Dutch to 7-0 rout of Greece, Germany beat Serbia

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Netherlands' 7-0 annihilation of Greece means the Germans will likely need to win on Monday to reach the quarterfinals.

Tijjani Reijnders netted a first-half hat-trick as the ⁠Netherlands thrashed Greece 7-0 in the ⁠Nations League on Friday, while Germany earned a 3-1 victory away to Serbia in the other Group A2 game.

The Dutch were 5-0 up at the break, with Crysencio Summerville putting the hosts ahead in the sixth minute before Reijnders ran ⁠riot and Jurrien Timber notched their fifth before half-time. Timber scored again just before the hour mark, with Donyell Malen netting the final goal.

Germany took a third-minute lead through an own goal, and Florian Wirtz added a second 11 minutes later. Brajan Gruda scored on his debut five minutes after the ⁠break before Srdan Babic pulled one back for Serbia, who finished the game with nine men.

The Netherlands are top of the standings on 11 points, and Germany moved level on eight points with Greece to leave the three sides battling it out for two quarterfinal places on Monday. Germany will host the Netherlands in Berlin while Greece host a Serbian side that has lost all five fixtures.

Greece and the Netherlands both came into the game unbeaten, but ‌the Dutch destroyed the visitors in a devastating display of attacking prowess.

The opening goal came after Greece lost possession close to their own area, before a poorly controlled ball by defender Konstantinos Mavropanos fell to Summerville and he slipped his shot past the keeper.

Joey Veerman threaded a pass through to Reijnders, whose strike found the roof of the net from the edge of the six-yard area in the 12th minute, and six minutes later he finished off Malen’s pass across goal.

Reijnders completed his hat-trick with a simple tap-in after Denzel Dumfries nodded the ball down in the six-yard box, and Timber netted from close range with Malen providing another assist.

Timber’s second came after Dumfries’ cross was pushed ⁠away by the keeper, and Malen got his well-deserved goal following some neat skill and a lay-off from ⁠Dumfries.

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