Tijjani Reijnders scored a first-half hat-trick as the Netherlands thrashed Greece 7-0 in the UEFA 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. Crysencio Summerville put the hosts ahead in the sixth minute before Reijnders ran riot, and Jurrien Timber added their fifth before halftime. Timber scored again just before the hour mark, with Donyell Malen netting the final goal.
Germany took a third-minute lead in Belgrade when Srdan Babic turned the ball into his own net, and Florian Wirtz added a second 11 minutes later. Brajan Gruda scored on his senior debut five minutes after the break before Babic pulled one back for Serbia in the 56th minute. Serbia finished the game with nine men after Vanja Dragojevic was sent off in the 76th minute following a VAR review and Andrija Zivkovic was dismissed in the 89th.
The defeat was Serbia's fifth in a row and left them bottom of League A Group 2 with no points from five games, confirming their relegation from the top tier. It was Germany's fifth match under Jurgen Klopp.
The Netherlands are top of the standings on 11 points, and Germany moved level on eight points with Greece, leaving the three sides battling it out for two quarter-final places on Monday. Germany will welcome the Netherlands to Berlin, while Greece host a Serbian side that has lost all five of its fixtures.
