Germany denied by last-chance penalty for Hungary in Nations League. Sweden's Gyökeres scores 4

Dominik Szoboszlai scored a penalty in ninth minute of stoppage time to deny Germany a victorious end to Nations League group stage and show why Hungary is one of hardest places to win in world soccer.

Germany, alrey assured of a quarterfinal spot, was on course to win thanks to Felix Nmecha's goal but game took a late twist when Mihaly Kata's shot ricocheted off Robin Koch's arm as German defender tried to turn away.

After a video review, Szoboszlai stepped up to take penalty and chipped it over goalkeeper Alexander Nübel to salvage a 1-1 draw for Hungary, which ends Group A3 third of four teams.

That preserved Hungary's unbeaten run at home, which now stretches to 13 games over more than two years since June 2022 and a loss to Italy in previous edition of Nations League.

Germany's much-changed team struggled to generate many chances before Nmecha scored on a rebound at a corner in 72nd minute, while Nübel was kept busy with dangerous Hungarian counterattacks.

Coach Julian Nagelsmann used game to experiment with his squ. Nmecha and forward Chris Führich both h ir first international starts, while Julian Brandt h his first Germany game for a year. Still, re wasn't a place for Manchester City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, who was called up to Germany squ for first time this month.

Nations League quarterfinal lineup was alrey decided before Tuesday’s games kicked off, with Portugal, France, Germany and Spain as group winners and Croatia, Italy, Nerlands and Denmark qualifying as runners-up. draw is Friday at UEFA hequarters in Switzerland and quarterfinals will be played in March.

For Nerlands, a 1-1 draw with Bosnia-Herzegovina ends a year filled with success, disappointment and controversy .

Ronald Koeman's team reached semifinals of a major tournament for first time in 14 years and was eyeing a first European Championship final since 1988 — but n came Ollie Watkins' stoppage-time goal to put England through inste.

In Zenica on Tuesday, Brian Brobbey celebrated his first goal for Nerlands with a heer at a corner, but Ermedin Demirovic leveled for Bosnia-Herzegovina with a heer of his own midway through second half.

re were yet more goals for Viktor Gyökeres — arguably most in-demand transfer target in European soccer right now — as Sweden demolished Azerbaijan 6-0.

Gyökeres scored four goals, including one within seconds of Azerbaijan kicking off following anor Sweden goal, and he overtook Norway's Erling Haaland to end group stage as Nations League top scorer with nine from six games.

Gyökeres' fellow forward Dejan Kulusevski finished with two goals after not having scored for national team in more than a year.

Elsewhere, Wales won promotion to top tier of Nations League thanks to a 4-1 win over Iceland and a surprise 3-1 loss for group rival Turkey against Montenegro in a game played in driving rain on a muddy field.

Czech Republic was also promoted to top tier after beating Georgia 2-1 in a rematch from group stage of Euro 2024.