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.”
