Reijnders hat-trick powers Netherlands to 7-0 rout of Greece as Germany win in Serbia

Tijjani Reijnders struck a first-half hat-trick as the Netherlands overwhelmed Greece 7-0 in the Nations League on Friday, while Germany secured a 3-1 win away to Serbia in the other Group A2 fixture.

The Dutch led 5-0 by the interval. Crysencio Summerville opened the scoring in the sixth minute after Greece gave the ball away close to their own area, with defender Konstantinos Mavropanos failing to control it before Summerville slid his finish past the goalkeeper. Joey Veerman then threaded a pass through to Reijnders, who fired into the roof of the net from the edge of the six-yard area in the 12th minute, and six minutes later the midfielder converted Donyell Malen's ball across goal.

Reijnders completed his treble with a simple tap-in after Denzel Dumfries nodded the ball down inside the six-yard box, and Jurrien Timber added a fifth from close range with Malen again providing the assist. Both sides had arrived unbeaten, but the hosts produced a devastating attacking display to destroy the visitors.

Timber scored his second just before the hour mark after the Greek keeper pushed away a Dumfries cross, and Malen rounded off the scoring with a deserved goal following neat skill and a lay-off from Dumfries.

The result leaves the Netherlands top of the group on 11 points, with Germany moving level with Greece on eight. The three teams will contest two quarterfinal places on Monday, when Germany host the Dutch in Berlin and Greece welcome a Serbian side that has lost all five of its fixtures.

In Belgrade, Germany went in front in the third minute when a Kai Havertz header went in off Srdan Babic for an own goal, and Florian Wirtz doubled the lead 11 minutes later, converting the rebound after Havertz's effort was parried by keeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic. Brajan Gruda marked his debut with a goal five minutes after the restart, collecting Joshua Kimmich's pass inside his own half, driving forward largely unopposed and drilling a low shot into the far corner from outside the area.

Babic pulled one back to give Serbia hope, and Germany kept attacking despite having a Kimmich goal ruled out for offside and seeing Derry Scherhant strike the post. Serbia finished with nine men after Vanja Dragojevic was sent off in the 74th minute and substitute Andrija Zivkovic followed him late on. The win was a boost for Jurgen Klopp, who had won only one of his first four games as Germany manager, also against Serbia, and had used his first international window to experiment with a 44-man roster split into two squads. His chosen side delivered a dominant performance under heavy rain, particularly in the first half.

Elsewhere, Switzerland earned promotion to League A from Group B1 with a 0-0 draw in Slovenia, while Scotland beat North Macedonia 2-1 thanks to a John McGinn double. Scotland captain Andy Robertson made a record-equalling 102nd appearance, drawing level with Kenny Dalglish.

In Group C3, Slovakia clinched promotion despite being held 2-2 at home by the Faroe Islands, while Iceland remained top of Group C4 with a 5-0 win in Bulgaria, Andri Gudjohnsen scoring a hat-trick.