Julian Nagelsmann believes Germany s victory over Hungary on Wednesday showed their increasing maturity, even if Toni Kroos is far from satisfied with the Euro 2024 hosts progress so far.
Germany became the first team to reach the last 16 of the tournament as goals either side of half-time from Jamal Musiala and Ilkay Gundogan saw off tricky opponents.
Indeed, head coach Nagelsmann suggested this was the sort of match in which his team might previously have faltered.
That was a very unpleasant opponent, he told MagentaTV. You have to win a game like that first.
It shows a good maturing process. In November, we would not have won this game.
It is only the second time Germany have advanced through the group stage in four major tournaments, but th…