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Post by Paul Ernst on Jul 4, 2019 4:06:36 GMT -5
The Netherlands lady,s beaten Sweden last night in the extra time with 1-0 by Jacky Groenen.
Sunday the Dutch lady's will play against the US lady's in the finale match.
I hope to watch an exciting and fair match.
US is the favorite team in my opinion.
But Holland was not beaten for the last 10 matches they played.
Any way the Dutch lady's are doing well as also the US!
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Post by Paul Ernst on Jul 7, 2019 18:27:01 GMT -5
Congratulations US on winning the world Cup.
You have earned it.
Also for the players from Holland/ The Netherlands kudos.
Well done for such a small country.
Paul.
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Post by Paul Ernst on Jun 15, 2021 7:55:31 GMT -5
FT: NETHERLANDS 3-2 UKRAINE EC2021. (source: The Sun).
A good start and a thriller!!!!!!
Well, then. What a second half of international football!
Captain Wijnaldum took charge early on in the second half and latched onto the loose ball fumbled by Bushchan.
The 30-year-old placed the ball high into the back of the net to hand his team the lead.
Minutes later, Weghorst smashed the second past Bushchan to put the Netherlands in dreamland.
The game looked lost for Ukraine, until Yarmolenko decided he was going to cut inside and use his wand of a left foot.
The West Ham man cut inside and unleashed a powerful curing effort, picking out the top-left corner.
Malinovskiy stepped up and delivered a good free-kick into the box in the 79th minute.
And big man Yaremchuk managed to shake off his marker and head the equaliser home.
The crowd thought they were in for a nervy end to the game - but it was Dumfries who scored the winner.
Ake delivered a good cross towards the back post, and the right-back rose high to head the ball past Bushchan.
What a game!
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Post by Paul Ernst on Jun 18, 2021 6:15:18 GMT -5
ORANGE WAVE Netherlands 2 Austria 0: Dutch join Italy and Belgium in Euro 2020 last-16 but result knocks North Macedonia out (source: The Sun).
MEMPHIS DEPAY led the way as Holland announced they are back in the big time.
The former Manchester United forward scored a penalty and made the second goal as the Dutch swept into
the last 16 of Euro 2020 and won Group C with a game to spare.
And they will be overwhelming favourites to reach the quarter finals on Sunday week in Budapest with a favourable match against one of the best third place teams.
Holland failed to qualify for the last World Cup and Euro 2016. They lost every group game at Euro 2012.
But they are on the road to redemption after Depay inspired a win which should have been even more comfortable against feeble Austria.
Depay, 27, fell out of form and favour quickly during his disappointing two year spell at Manchester United and he won’t be remembered at Old Trafford for years to come.
But four years on he looks a more mature player on the pitch and as the more experienced of Holland’s two-pronged attack force is happy to take the lead from relative rookie Wout Weghorst.
He showed it by confidently drilling home the penalty which put his country in command with 11 minutes on the clock - the perfect start to a decisive game in front of a home crowd known to change opinion with the wind.
A quick VAR check was needed to decide whether Austria skipper David Alaba had trod on the foot of Denzel Dumfries in the box or just outside. There was no question it wasn’t a foul.
The Netherlands were in total control for the first half, limiting Austria to just one long range shot from way outside the box from Martin Hinteregger and that was more a sign of frustration than anything else.
Holland should have been home and hosed by half time and the worry for coach Frank de Boer is that the return of defender Matthijs de Ligt made them so much tighter at the back but they wasted chances to have the win sewn up so much earlier.
On 24 minutes Depay lashed a shot into the side netting with venom which suggested he was eager to continue his fruitful run of scoring at the moment.
Having missed the last two major tournaments, the Dutch are on a mission to rejoin the elite of European and World football.
Maybe it’s the burning desire to re-establish themselves at the top which caused the Barca-bound star to suddenly lose his cool in front of goal at the end of a sweeping Dutch move which deserved reward.
A huge diagonal ball was pumped forwards by Crystal Palace’s left back Patrick Van Aanholt to giant striker Wout Weghorst on the break into the Austrian box.
The Wolfsburg man’s international naivety showed when he opted to square the ball across the six yard box to Depay instead of blasting it into the back of the net.
Even more baffling was Depay’s fumble when he merely had to tap in for goal number two only to scuff his left foot shot and send the ball over the bar.
De Boer had his head in his hands as did Depay and the entire Dutch team because that would have been enough to put the sorry Austrians to bed and make the second half a cruise.
Depay has been deadly in orange recently - a penalty against Georgia in the final warm up game before the tournament and two against the Scots in a friendly, which included a last-minute, face saving equaliser in a 2-2 draw.
An earlier double against Gibraltar meant his confidence should not have been in question. Not exactly glittering opposition but then Austria did not look much better given their poor first half performance.
They rallied in the second half but hopes of a fightback ended when Depay hooked a superb pass over the high-line of Austria’s midfield in the 67th minute.
Sub Donyell Malen raced free into the box then squared for wing-back Denzel Dumfires to score his second goal in as many games at Euro 2020.
Austria have never progressed from the group stage in their two Euros appearances and now face a winner-takes-all showdown with Ukraine in their final group match for who goes through.
Victory for Holland means curtains for tournament newcomers North Macedonia who they play in a now meaningless match on Monday.
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