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The Netherlands deception

2021-06-28T08:03:43.490Z


The Czech Republic will face Denmark in the quarterfinals after defeating De Boer's self-conscious and frightened team


Schick makes the shot that is worth the second goal of the Czech Republic.Tibor Illyes / POOL / EFE

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The Netherlands had a panic attack and went for the cat flap after an immaculate run-up to the European Championship. Accustomed to playing with the wind in its favor, she defeated the one that encountered the first adversity, a debatable expulsion of De Ligt, the best of her players in the duel against the healthy Czech Republic, who goes happily to the quarterfinal match with Denmark. The

oranje

team

lacked character for the lift and also footballers and coach to win on equal terms a rival as serious as he was solvent in their duels in the Eurocup. The Czechs were already victors in the 2004 tournament and left the Netherlands without the finals in 2016.

The Czech Republic knew how to play very well with the ingenuity and nerves of the Netherlands.

Jaroslav Silhavy's tactical work was as impeccable as Frank de Boer's was exasperating.

The Dutch did not respond either to the charm with which they presented themselves at the Puskas Arena or to the hierarchy that was assumed to be due to their curriculum, too weak mentally and socceristically, cowering before the robust and scientific football of the Czech Republic.

NDL

0

-

two

RCH

Netherlands Stekelenburg, Daley Blind (Jurrien Maduro, min. 80), de Vrij, Matthijs de Ligt, Denzel Dumfries, Frenkie De Jong, van Aanholt (Berghuis, min. 80), Marten de Roon (Wouter Weghorst, min. 72), Depay, Malen (Promes, min. 56) and WijnaldumR.

ChecaVaclik, Celustka, Tomas Kalas, Coufal, Kaderabek, Lukas Masopust (Jakub Jankto, min. 78), Antonin Barak (Michal Sadilek, min. 91), Tomas Soucek, Petr Sevcik (Adam Hlozek, min. 84), Tomas Holes ( Alex Kral, min. 85) and Schick (Michal Krmencik, min. 91)

Goals0-1 min.

67: Tomas Holes.

0-2 min.

79: Schick.

Referee Sergey Karasev Yellow cards Denzel Dumfries (min. 45), Coufal (min. 55) and Frenkie De Jong (min. 83) Red cards Matthijs de Ligt (min. 54)

Familiar and more than resigned with the 3-5-2, the Dutch national team debated about the players chosen for each game, especially in the companion of Depay, the striker who symbolizes the offensive power of the Netherlands, the most goalscoring team in the initial phase of the Eurocup (8).

In the absence of the extremes that allowed to maintain the 4-3-3, it was necessary to optimize Depay's absorbing game and enable the arrivals of a powerful second line with De Jong and Wijnaldum.

Although Veghorst performed well at the start, Malen's performance against North Macedonia ensured his start in the round of 16 clash against the Czech Republic.

The mix did not work in Budapest and the coach removed Malen after De Ligt's expulsion when the most noted for his absence was Memphis.

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It is not just any detail in a team that is always as sophisticated as the one that De Boer leads today. Silhavy is less pressured. The Czechs are a very physical and supportive team, also technical, personalized in the hard-working and complete Soucek, which always ends up in the striker Schick, the Bayer Leverkusen gladiator who scored all three goals in the qualifying phase, two against Scotland and who he repeated against the Netherlands. Captain Darida's absence due to injury and Boril's suspension required an even more collective response to maintain the competitiveness seen in difficult games such as England, which was victorious by a single goal from Sterling. The Czechs tried to weave the play, grouped around the ball, ready to cool the game to avoid the fast play of the Netherlands.

Dumfries ran non-stop on both sides, De Jong broke lines and the Malen-Memphis couple used to attack spaces, physically powerful and virtuous with the ball, encouraged by the swollen

oranje

present at the Puskas Arena.

It had been a cheerful, fun and beautiful team to watch for its acceleration, patient in the conception of the play and vertical when it focused on Vaclick's goal, until it ran into the Czech Republic.

So much speed ended up confusing the De Boer boys.

The precipitation was imposed on the pause and the leather ended up in the corner pen for the luck of the Czechs, well standing in their area and slippery on the flanks, the weak point of the Netherlands.

Van Aanholt had a hard time covering the left side more than anyone and the best chances of the match began to fall to Stekelenburg.

Malen's occasion

The Czechs attacked better and better and retreated well enough to avoid the transitions of an opponent who was reduced to Dumfries and especially to the hierarchy of De Ligt. The central defender not only avoided a goal sung by Barak with his foreshortening, but also had more presence in the Vlaclik area than Depay and Malen. The Czech pressure line split the Netherlands in two. De Boer's team did not know how to enter the opposite court and began to cross the ball from area to area, omitting the midfielders and isolating Malen-Memhpis. Wijnaldum was not in play and it was not known what role De Roon played. Only Malen knew how to break the blockade with a self-pass that left him hand in hand in front of Vaclick. The goalkeeper, however, sliced ​​the ball from Malen and announced the fall of the Netherlands.

The play did not alter against the control of the Czech team, more compact and also more athletic and better worked and synchronized. Nothing to do with the Dutchman, whose troubles were expressed in the dialogue of the deaf between Memphis and De Boer. The announced collapse came after De Ligt knocked down Schick and the referee showed the defender the red card after consulting the VAR. The expulsion confused the coach, who surprisingly replaced Malen with Promes, and unhinged the team, which ended up conceding the goal in a very poorly defended set piece: the ten Dutch footballers watched in a coward, all under the crossbar, as Barak tempered the leather at the far post, Kalas headed to the opposite post and clinched with the Holes head.

The goal could have come much earlier, especially on one occasion from Kaderabek, as the Czechs ruled unopposed in the Netherlands' resignation match.

De Boer's hand did not alter the landscape at all.

The second goal fell after Holes stole the ball and enabled the accurate Schick.

Self-conscious, the

oranje

was paralyzed without De Ligt.

The picture surprised the fans and the critics before the joy of the Czech Republic.

Although it was known that it would be difficult to compete for the title due to its vagueness, lack of leadership and maturity, the

oranje

had earned respect and the poster of favorite in Hungary in the group stage.

The prognosis failed miserably and the result showed that De Boer and his boys had the Eurocup fooled for a few days.

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Source: elparis

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