<p class="title">Germany suffered a surprising 4-2 home defeat by the Netherlands as World Cup runners-up Croatia hammered Slovakia in qualifying for Euro 2020.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Joachim Loew's side lost in Hamburg after debutant Donyell Malen's late effort for the visitors as the home side failed to pick up a point for the first time in the campaign.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Serge Gnabry scored for the Germans after nine minutes before new Barcelona signing Frenkie de Jong responded for the Dutch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A Jonathan Tah own goal with less than an hour to play gave the travelling Dutch fans something to cheer about before Toni Kroos equalised from the spot.</p>.<p class="bodytext">PSV Eindhoven's 20-year-old Malen then beat Manuel Neuer with a volley on 79 minutes and Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum secured three points in injury time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We made some mistakes, which explains the Germans' opener, but we simply did more to get the win," Netherlands head coach Ronald Koeman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Trnava, Croatia retained top spot in Group G with a 4-0 thumping of Slovakia as Nikola Vlasic, Ivan Perisic, Bruno Petkovic and Dejan Lovren all got on the scoresheet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Since I have been coach this is one of the best matches of the Croatian national team and that is why I am very pleased," boss Zlatko Dalic, who led his side to the 2018 World Cup final, told HRT Sport.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There was no chance of us losing this game. We missed a lot of chances in the first half an hour, a little bit of nervousness came in."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Also in that pool, Wales survived a scare to beat lowly Azerbaijan 2-1 thanks to Gareth Bale's 84th-minute header.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Elsewhere, Slovenia saw off previously unbeaten Poland 2-0 in Ljubljana despite a strike-force of Robert Lewandowski and Krzysztof Piatek starting for the visitors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Belgium maintained their perfect start to qualifying, easing past San Marino 4-0 as Michy Batshuayi netted twice, and Scotland's hopes of progression took a blow with a 2-1 loss at home to Russia despite John McGinn's 11th-minute effort.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"On a good day I could have scored four or five goals, but I have not played for a while. The most important thing is that we won," Batshuayi, who has only featured for six minutes for Chelsea this season, told uefa.com.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Sept.7, the pick of the ties sees World Cup winners France host Albania looking to respond after a defeat by Turkey, who welcome Andorra, in June.</p>
<p class="title">Germany suffered a surprising 4-2 home defeat by the Netherlands as World Cup runners-up Croatia hammered Slovakia in qualifying for Euro 2020.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Joachim Loew's side lost in Hamburg after debutant Donyell Malen's late effort for the visitors as the home side failed to pick up a point for the first time in the campaign.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Serge Gnabry scored for the Germans after nine minutes before new Barcelona signing Frenkie de Jong responded for the Dutch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A Jonathan Tah own goal with less than an hour to play gave the travelling Dutch fans something to cheer about before Toni Kroos equalised from the spot.</p>.<p class="bodytext">PSV Eindhoven's 20-year-old Malen then beat Manuel Neuer with a volley on 79 minutes and Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum secured three points in injury time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We made some mistakes, which explains the Germans' opener, but we simply did more to get the win," Netherlands head coach Ronald Koeman said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In Trnava, Croatia retained top spot in Group G with a 4-0 thumping of Slovakia as Nikola Vlasic, Ivan Perisic, Bruno Petkovic and Dejan Lovren all got on the scoresheet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Since I have been coach this is one of the best matches of the Croatian national team and that is why I am very pleased," boss Zlatko Dalic, who led his side to the 2018 World Cup final, told HRT Sport.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There was no chance of us losing this game. We missed a lot of chances in the first half an hour, a little bit of nervousness came in."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Also in that pool, Wales survived a scare to beat lowly Azerbaijan 2-1 thanks to Gareth Bale's 84th-minute header.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Elsewhere, Slovenia saw off previously unbeaten Poland 2-0 in Ljubljana despite a strike-force of Robert Lewandowski and Krzysztof Piatek starting for the visitors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Belgium maintained their perfect start to qualifying, easing past San Marino 4-0 as Michy Batshuayi netted twice, and Scotland's hopes of progression took a blow with a 2-1 loss at home to Russia despite John McGinn's 11th-minute effort.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"On a good day I could have scored four or five goals, but I have not played for a while. The most important thing is that we won," Batshuayi, who has only featured for six minutes for Chelsea this season, told uefa.com.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Sept.7, the pick of the ties sees World Cup winners France host Albania looking to respond after a defeat by Turkey, who welcome Andorra, in June.</p>