The second home match for the Netherlands took place against Austria. Both teams won the first games, so they approached this one in a good mood. Compared to the matches in the first round, the coaches made one substitution – de Ligt replaced Timber for the hosts, and Gregorich Scored for the Austrians instead of Kalajdzic. In addition, the author of another goal, Marko Arnautovic, was disqualified for one game for obscene remarks.As in the match with the Ukrainians, the Netherlands became more active from the first minutes.

In the fifth minute, Ulmer claimed a penalty, but the referee did not score. But a few minutes later, the hosts achieved their goal – if the defender’s contact with de Vrey was also ignored by the referee, the fall of Dumfries after Alaba (who, incidentally, played in the center of defense) stepped on his foot on the side of the penalty area, still pulled on ” point “, however, after watching the video replay.

Depay scored in the bottom left corner, although the goalkeeper guessed, but was powerless – 1: 0. Note that the defender of “Oranje” took pain the fourth goal of four of his team at the Euro!

Austria was not visible on the field at that moment. If the Ball ended up in the half of the home team’s field, it was only after their passes. They, by the way, also did not actively force events, tried to approach the opponents’ goal through a pass. I remember a shot from the right corner of the penalty area from Depay to the near corner, after which the ball missed the near “nine” by a few centimeters.

And only after that the Austrians woke up. Baumgartner scored from the penalty spot, and be sure to watch the video where de Ligt stopped the ball with his head (!). Hinterreger applied well to the ball from a distance, but scored just above the goal.

Austria in these minutes played high, meeting opponents already in their half. It did not bring tangible dividends, but kept de Boer’s wards in suspense.

And the Dutch at the end of the half created a super moment – Weghorst jumped on the gate of affairs, could break himself, but decided to give parallel to the gate to the right of Depay. The ball bounced off Memphis after a small ricochet, and he charged higher from a killer position!

The second half began with the activity of the Austrian team, which, however, was very short-lived. The hosts responded with a blow from Weinaldum, which blocked Dragovic. After that, the degree of tension was quite high, but there were no dangerous moments. The teams confidently crossed the center of the field, and then were creating a problem.

The game was shocked by the moment when two defenders of “Oranje” could score – first de Vrey scored after a header, Bachmann repulsed, and where Ligt played very awkwardly in the finish.

The coaches tried to refresh the game with substitutions, however, they did it strictly according to the positions, as a result of which the tactical schemes did not change. And immediately Malen, who came on as a substitute, jumped out of the center of the field to meet the goalkeeper, he could beat himself, but gave the empty net to Dumfries – 2: 0. Someone stop him!

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To the credit of the Austrians, they did not give up. The character of this team is clear, there are not enough qualified performers to claim something serious with a more skillful opponent. Except, of course, Alabi – ten minutes before the end of regular time, David shot from thirty meters into the far “nine”, if he hit, it would be the goal of the tour. Onisivo punched five meters with his head, but read a few lines above.

The Netherlands won and secured first place in the group ahead of schedule. Austria is arguing with Ukraine in the last round of the group stage for second place.

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