Germany beat nine-man Serbia 3-1 in Belgrade in the Nations League thanks to goals from Florian Wirtz and Brajan Gruda, setting up a crunch clash with the Netherlands.

BELGRADE: Germany cruised to a 3-1 win against Serbia in Belgrade in the Nations League on Friday, setting up a crunch clash with the Netherlands in Berlin on Monday.

In teeming rain in an almost empty stadium, the Germans forced Serbia’s Srdan Babic into an early own goal with Florian Wirtz and Brajan Gruda also scoring.

Babic made up for his blunder with a second-half consolation strike, while Serbia finished with nine men after substitutes Vanja Dragojevic and Andrija Zivkovic were sent off late on.