Depay misses his control in the box
Long ball from Nathan Aké into the Romanian area and Depay finds himself all alone… except he misses his control!
Dumfries sets fire to the right
The Romanian defence will have to sort out its little problems on the left of the defence as Dumfries is making a series of good runs down his wing.
Mogos gets treatment
After a big contact with Dumfries, Mogos remains on the ground and even has to go out for treatment.
THE HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NETHERLANDS!
Still overflowing, Dumfries enters the area and thinks he is offering the goal to Depay but Dragusin makes a fabulous defensive comeback!
Dumfries sets fire to the right
Very good overflow from Dumfries after the gap found by Reijnders but the center of the Inter player is blocked.
What a huge comeback from Dragusin
Deep ball for Depay who enters the area but is tackled perfectly by Dragusin who comes back across!
DE VRIJ NOT FAR FROM MAKING A BREAK!
And another corner for the Netherlands, the fifth already! It’s at the far post this time for De Vrij who finds the side netting! Huge opportunity!
It’s getting hot in front of the Dutch goal
Superb cross from Stanciu to the penalty spot for Dennis Man to take it but Aké comes to tackle him at his feet!
Netherlands looking for break
New phase of possession from the Netherlands who continue to put the pressure on! They want the break quickly!
GAKPO’S SUPERB GOAL, NETHERLANDS TAKE THE SCORE!
The Gakpo lightning strikes a third time in this Euro! Schouten manages to find Simons between the lines and he immediately shifts Gakpo. The winger provokes in the box, hooks and follows up with a powerful strike at the near post which surprises Nita!
The Oranje continue to take corners
3rd corner already for the Netherlands in a few minutes! Depay fails to pass the near post…
The Vrij wages his duel
Corner taken by Memphis Depay for De Vrij’s header but it’s another corner! The next one doesn’t come to anything at all.
The Netherlands break the rhythm
The Oranje try to break the Romanian rhythm by moving the ball around before firing on Dumfries! He wins the corner!
Man not far from taking the skylight!
What a show from Dennis Man who starts from the right to re-center himself by eliminating Gakpo, Aké and Van Dijk. His shot goes close to Verbruggen’s top corner.
Depay shoots on goal but it was offside
Reijnders finds Simons between the lines and the Leipzig player launches Depay who shoots at goal! It’s saved by Nita but it was offside!
The mastery is Romanian
At the moment, the Netherlands are cornered in front of their area as the Romanians are putting the pressure on.
Welcome back from Aké
Superb catch from Hagi who eliminates a defender and follows up with a deep pass to Dragus but Aké intervenes perfectly in the area.
Too strong pure mountain wine
Through ball from Nathan Aké to Bergwijn who made a long diagonal run! That’s too strong.
Simons takes action
First good ball for Simons who refocuses and follows up with a long-range shot! It’s easily caught by Nita.
Hagi in blood, rescue of Dumfries
First Romanian cross to the far post and Hagi’s header comes in! It’s headed out by Dumfries!
Yanis Hagi is bleeding from the scalp.
The battle of the middle rages on
At the moment, it’s a bit of a mess with the ball going from foot to foot without good possession.
ROMANIA-NETHERLANDS KICK-OFF!
And here we go for the penultimate round of 16 of this Euro 2024 between Romania and the Netherlands! The Dutch are the big favorites for this match.
The players enter the Munich pitch
The two teams line up to sing the anthems in the Allianz Arena in Munich, home of Bayern Munich.
The line-ups of both teams have been announced with the surprise of Bergwijn
Romania: Nita – Ratiu, Dragusin, Burca, Mogos – R. Marin, M. Marin, Stanciu (c) – Man, Dragus, Hagi.
The Netherlands : Verbruggen – Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk (c), Aké – Schouten, Reijnders – Bergwijn, Simons, Gakpo – Depay
Dutch coach Ronald Koeman has reserved a small surprise with the starting line-up of Bergwijn, preferred to Frimpong on the right side. For the rest it’s classic with Simons-Depay-Gakpo.
Hello everyone
Welcome to our site to follow the round of 16 match that will pit Romania and the Netherlands against each other from 6 p.m. on Tuesday, two teams that finished the group stage with the same number of points (4). But not really on the same dynamic since the Dutch are coming off a “terrible” performance against Austria (2-3). Which makes Ronald Koeman fear the unhappy prospect of another failure in the round of 16, like in 2021. Despite everything, the Dutch selection approaches this match as the favorite against Romania, who hope to mix it with the continental elite. “We know that we will have to play a match close to perfection to get a good result,” summed up Romanian coach Edward Iordanescu. “Mentally, we will have to be very strong, especially in decisive situations.”
