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Germany won their first match under new coach Juergen Klopp with a 2-0 victory over Serbia, scoring through Tom Bischof and Florian Wirtz. Portugal secured a 4-2 win in Denmark despite Cristiano Ronaldo's absence, overcoming equalizers from Mikkel Damsgaard and Rasmus Hojlund to claim the top spot in their group with nine points.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-01,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Thursday in Munich, Germany claimed its first victory under new coach Juergen Klopp, defeating Serbia by a score of 2-0 in the Nations League. This win comes after two previous draws and losses that had Klopp on the brink of becoming the first Germany coach to start without a win. Florian Wirtz starred for Germany, scoring both goals, with the first coming from a rebound off the post in the 39th minute and the second just past the hour mark. Meanwhile, Portugal also secured a victory against Denmark despite being without star forward Cristiano Ronaldo. Additionally, in Thessaloniki, Greece led the Netherlands by two goals but conceded an equalizer late to draw 2-2, with Tijjani Reijnders scoring for the Dutch in the 89th minute.
Written for “Germany Wins Nations League” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
Germany claimed a first win under new coach Juergen Klopp on Thursday with a 2-0 Nations League victory over Serbia, while Portugal shrugged off the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo in Denmark and the Netherlands came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Greece.
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Netherlands → claim → Greece
Klopp selected a completely new starting XI from the side that lost to Greece last time, handing debuts to goalkeeper Jonas Urbig and winger Derry Scherhant.
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that → select → Urbig
Germany attacked the Serbia goal in waves, but it took until the 39th minute to take the lead as Florian Wirtz picked out Tom Bischof to score his first senior national team goal in his second cap.
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Wirtz → attack → cap
After Nick Woltemade missed a sitter at the back post, Wirtz scored the second just past the hour-mark with a neat finish from the edge of the box.
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Wirtz → miss → box
There will be relief for Klopp to get a win at the third attempt on his return to coaching, and his side were full value for their victory.
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side → get → victory
Greece were close to making it three wins from three but conceded a late equaliser at home to the Netherlands.
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Greece → make → Netherlands
Fotis Ioannidis and Giorgios Masouras scored first-half goals for the home side, before Virgil van Dijk halved the deficit just before the hour-mark.
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Dijk → score → mark
The visitors kept pushing for the goal and it arrived a minute from the end via Tijjani Reijnders.
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it → keep → Reijnders
Portugal – playing their first game since Ronaldo walked out on the squad, putting his international future into doubt – were made to work for their 4-2 win in Denmark as they top A4 with a perfect nine points from their three games.
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they → play → games
The visitors scored twice in the first half through Joao Cancelo and Goncalo Ramos, but on each occasion the Danes found an equaliser as Mikkel Damsgaard and Rasmus Hojlund netted for the hosts.
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Damsgaard → score → hosts
But Portugal would not be denied.
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Portugal → deny → ?
Vitinha grabbed a 67th-minute goal and Joao Felix a late fourth to give Jorge Jesus’ side a six-point lead in the table after what has been a difficult few days.
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what → grab → table
Dan James and Neco Williams scored for Wales as they beat 10-man Norway 2-1 to earn their first points of the campaign.
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they → score → campaign
In League B, the clash between Ireland and Austria in Dublin was stopped briefly when tennis balls were thrown onto the pitch in protest at the Irish side playing Israel in their previous fixture.
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side → stop → fixture
Play soon resumed and Ireland were held to a 2-2 draw as a pair of goals from Troy Parrott was not enough for the win.
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pair → resume → win
Ireland’s next game is a ‘home’ clash against Israel that will be played behind closed doors in neutral Serbia.
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that → play → Serbia
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