In Group D of the first level of the European Nations League competition, the Netherlands team consolidated its leadership in the group, defeating their Welsh colleague with a score of 2:1.
The first half started strongly with the players of the orange team, as the meeting was largely dominated by the sons of coach Louis van Gaal, but in the absence of the attacking effectiveness of the Dutch mills, and in turn, the Welsh rebounds were very active, as the sons of coach Page threatened the gates of the Dutch national team with dangerous blows, but they did not have the finishing touch. In front of the goal in this half there were no dangerous moments from both sides, especially from the Dutch players who could not threaten the goal of Wales, therefore, during the meeting, cautious play and anticipation prevailed, and in turn, there was no danger from the Wales players, and this the half ended in a draw between the two sides.
The Dutch started the second half strongly as Ton Compmeiners broke the Dutch net in the 50th minute after a decisive pass from Jerdy Schoten and then Wales manager Robert Page tried to make some adjustments to his team in an attempt to react quickly and the Wales players dominated the ball mostly absent but lacking attacking effectiveness while Dutch rebounds were active as manager van Gaal’s sons came close to snatching the second goal of the match but luck stubbornly met them at the net and in the last 15 minutes the Welsh increased the pressure, the Dutch relied on counter-attacks and in the 92nd minute the Welsh managed to equalize Reiss Norrington Davies before Foot Fergust snatched the winning goal for the Dutch Mills in the 94th minute to end the match with a 2–1 victory for the Netherlands.
In the same group, Belgium beat Poland 6-1 to put Robert Lewandowski ahead in the 28th minute and Alex Vestel equalized in the 42nd minute before Kevin De Bruyne gave the Red Devils the lead in the 59th minute , while Leandro Trossard confirmed the victory in the 73rd minute with a third goal before the player himself sealed the result with a fourth goal in the 80th minute, Leander Dendoncker stepped up the streak in the 84th minute before Luis Obenda ended the streak in the 94th minute for Belgium. take second place in the group.
At the second level and in the first group, the Scottish team took the first place in the group with a priceless victory over their Armenian counterpart with a score of 2:0, while the Ukrainian team took the second place in the group, beating the Republic of Ireland with a score of 2:0. 1-0.
Source: El Iktisad