the Netherlands smash Canada before finding the Blues at the Euro

While Euro 2024 will begin in eight days in Germany, the Netherlands, placed in the group of Poland, Austria and… the French team, faced Canada in a preparatory friendly match. At De Kuip in Rotterdam, Ronald Koeman’s men hoped to build up their confidence before trying to take another step forward for this new major competition. Facing Jonathan David’s squad, the Dutch were organized in 4-3-3 with Jeremie Frimpong, Brian Brobbey and Memphis Depay at the forefront of the attack. Long held in check, the Batavians finally found the fault after returning from the locker room thanks to their offensive men.

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First through Depay (1-0, 50th) before Frimpong, sparkling this season with Bayer Leverkusen, doubled the lead before the hour mark (2-0, 57th). In the process, Koeman made three changes with the entries of Steven Bergwijn, Donyell Malen and Wout Weghorst. Choices paid off since the latter scored his goal a few minutes later (3-0, 63rd). In control, the Netherlands easily maintained their advantage and even added a new goal in the final moments thanks to Virgil Van Dijk (4-0, 83rd) to sign a convincing victory (4-0).