Led by Cody Gakpo, the Oranje took the measure of the Romanians who were much too weak to hope for better (3-0). The Netherlands will face either Austria in a rematch of the group stage or Turkey in the quarter-finals.
Third in the Blues group, the The Netherlands faced the Romaniawinner of group E. From the first contact between Ianis Hagi et Denzel Dumfries In the Dutch area, the tone was set, the son of the legend Gheorgheformer teammate of Ronald Koeman au Barça and present in the stands in Munich, having to receive treatment for bleeding from the scalp (4th).
The steel allume is meche
The Tricolori wanted to establish a high pressing, which almost surprised Bart Verbruggen on a restart. Starting in the axis, Xavi Simons was the first to try his luck, without surprise Florin Nitaon the trajectory to block the ball (6th). The former Parisian offered a goal ball to Memphis Depaypoorly positioned and clearly offside (11th).
However, it was the Romanians who led the debate, notably with a laser pass from Vasile Mogos poorly controlled in the area (14th) then an off-target shot from Dennis Man (15e).
After a series of corners in their favor, the Oranje had a sequence of possession which ended with a shot at the near post from Cody Steel who pierced Nita, badly placed (20th). Transparent until then, the Red unblocked the situation for the Netherlands with a masterful shot.
After a few moments of latency, Romania was able to develop a combination with a shift to the left. On receiving a cross, Man was unable to resume as he wished (24th). For the players ofEdi Iordanescuit still meant that they could worry their opponents, even if the Dutch incursions caused cold sweats, the image of this header from Stefan de Vrijalone at the second post on a corner, who found the small outside net (26th).
In high demand, Radu Dragusin saved his selection when he tackled a Dumfries caviar, found in depth by a brilliant pass from Tijjani Reijndersheading for Memphis who was already celebrating the break goal (30th).
The opposite of what they had been able to offer during the group stage, the Netherlands offered a conquering and resolute face, as if the internal flattening had actually had results. Coming into play after Dumfries dried up Mogos, Bogdan Rakovitan was too tender in the duel with Inter. The ball did not come out, the center was destined for Simons was an offering but the playmaker procrastinated and finally missed the frame (44th).
In stoppage time, the Tricolori had a chance in the opposing final third but by wanting to refocus too much to shoot, 19 simply found Verbruggen’s gloves without difficulty for the Brighton goalkeeper (45th + 1).
The game of the most Malen
While his right side had been very satisfactory, Koeman had to take off Steven Bergwijnphysically affected and replaced by Donyell Malen.
The Netherlands were put under pressure after the captain Nicholas Stanciu got a free kick that he took himself to force Verbruggen out of his goal to ward off the threat (47th). The Oranje responded, with a breakthrough from Reijnders concluded by a powerful shot deflected in sacrifice mode by Racovitan (50th). After a move on the right side, the Batavians had a huge opportunity but Memphis saw his shot deflected by a desperate tackle fromAndrei Ratiubefore a game of billiards between defenders ended for the better in favour of Nita, who was delighted to be able to get hold of the ball (54th). Success was again there when the Romanian left post pushed aside the header of Virgil van Dijk (58e).
Two minutes after seeing a shot caught by Nita, Gakpo took advantage of an interception by Nathan Ake to cross the halfway line, before arming a shot pushed back by the Romanian goalkeeper (61st). On the corner, it was he who was on the lookout to push the ball into the back of the net. Everyone, including him, was waiting for the assistant referee to raise the flag, but it took VAR to cancel the goal (64th). The Dutch domination did not weaken with a low free kick from Memphis which flirted with the Romanian right post (68th). Having just come on, Joey Veerman saw the frame slip away (73rd).
Totally overwhelmed and unable to offer the slightest minimally constructed offensive, the Romanians retained a hope of coming back into the game. But as soon as the ball was lost, an express counter put pressure back on their camp. Gakpo had a chance to make it 2-0 but Razvan Marin tackled at the right time (79th). On the other hand, nothing could prevent the left winger from resisting Dragusin who, after a shoulder push, believed that the ball was going to go out, did not see the Red get ahead of him and serve Malen, alone to push into the back of the net (83rd). In a last counter in stoppage time, Malen went there alone to adjust Nita and amplify the Dutch success (90th + 3).
Without trembling and with conviction, the Netherlands reached the quarter-finals and will face either Austria or Turkey in the next round.
