Jamal Musiala has scored his second goal of the tournament to help Germany beat Hungary 2-0 and book their spot in the European Championship knockout stage.

Musiala opened the scoring in the 22nd minute on Wednesday with a goal that was furiously protested by Hungary. İlkay Gundogan had set that up and the Germany captain got on the scoresheet himself in the second half.

The 21-year-old Musiala had netted Germany’s second goal in the 5-1 opening victory over Scotland on Friday and again impressed.

But Hungary, who lost 3-1 to Switzerland on Saturday, now face an uphill challenge to advance.

They play Scotland in the final Group A match on Sunday, when Julian Nagelsmann’s German side take on Switzerland.

Germany are definitely into the next round at least as a best third-placed team and will be confirmed in the top two if Scotland fail to beat Switzerland later on Wednesday.

Hungary were unbeaten in their previous three matches against Germany, winning the last time the two met, and they put up a good fight against the hosts in Stuttgart.

The noise level ramped up every time Musiala had the ball and the Stuttgart-born forward opened the scoring in chaotic fashion.

He tried to set up Gundogan only for Hungary defender Willi Orban got to the ball first. 

But he stumbled – following what Turkey protested was a shove by Gundogan – and as goalie Peter Gulacsi tried to help him, Gundogan poked it on to Musiala, who smashed it into the net.

Hungary almost levelled immediately but Neuer did brilliantly to parry Dominik Szoboszlai’s free kick and then keep out a follow-up with his foot.

Germany were seemingly in control in the second half and Gulacsi denied both Gundogan and Toni Kroos. But the hosts almost gifted Hungary an equaliser when shocking defending allowed Sallai to cross to Barnabas Varga for a free header from six yards out but it went narrowly over.

Germany doubled their lead in the 68th minute when Maximilian Mittelstadt rolled the ball across from the left and Gundogan drove it into the bottom right corner.

Earlier, Croatia and Albania drew 2-2 in an intense battle, a result that could make it difficult for both teams to survive the group stages.

In the first ever competitive match between the two Balkan teams on Wednesday, Croatia tried to set the pace from the start, but it was Albania’s Qazim Laci who scored first, heading in a cross from the right flank in the 11th minute.

Andrej Kramaric equalised about half an hour into the second half and an own goal by Klaus Gjasula made it 2-1 for Croatia just two minutes later.

Gjasula then redeemed himself by scoring Albania’s equaliser in injury time.

The result leaves both sides in a precarious situation in group B after Croatia lost to Spain and Albania to Italy in their first matches.

Meanwhile, Scotland remain alive in Group A after conceding a 1-1 draw to Switzerland.

The Swiss side missed the chance of reaching the last 16 with one game to spare.

Scotland fans were euphoric when Fabian Schar scored an own goal to give the Scots the lead in the 13th minute. But Scotland’s sloppy mistake in the 26th allowed Xherdan Shaqiri to find an equaliser with a wonderful finish.