The Netherlands goes to Euro 4 with 0:2024 twice - after Canada, Virgil van Dijk and his friends "broke" Iceland and announced the championship of the continent in the right way.
The "Vikings", who just a few days ago created a sensation at "Wembley" and celebrated against England with 1:0, were not even close to a new miracle at "De Kaip" in Rotterdam - in the last check before the start of the League of Nations and the September clash with Montenegro .
"Lala" coach Ronald Koeman decided after the match not to take the under-recovered Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong to Germany and to believe in the boys who are currently in top form.
And, tonight, his team showed that he does not want a similar scenario from London from the start of the match, so the goal came in the 23rd minute from a great offensive. for the first time in the orange jersey, the super talented Xavi Simmons was the scorer.
At 2:0 captain and leader Van Dijk raised his head at the beginning of the second part, and by the end they had signed a convincing triumph Doniel Mullen i Vut Veghorst.
The Netherlands opens the Euros on Saturday against Poland in Hamburg, and the Eagles had an excellent prelude to the tournament in Germany.
Robert Lewandowski and his friends in Warsaw beat Turkey 2:1, another participant in the European Championship, but also Montenegro's rival in the League of Nations.
The Poles led with a goal by Karol Sviderski, Baris Jilmaz equalized in the 77th minute, and when it seemed that both teams would go to nearby Germany with a draw, Nikola Zalevski scored in the 90th.
Preparations are slowly coming to an end - four more days and the show starts in Germany.
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