As part of the activities of the fourth group of the first tier in the European Nations League, the Netherlands team finished top of the group with a valuable victory over their direct challenger, the Belgian team, with a 1-0 scoreline to take their place. in the semi-finals of the tournament, while the Belgian team continued to take second place in the group.
The first half started strong from the Belgian players as they tried to put pressure on the Dutch mills’ goal in an attempt to score an early goal, but excellent organization from the Dutch players made it difficult. for the Red Devils, but soon the sons of coach Louis van Gaal managed to regain the reins. The initiative managed to return to the atmosphere of the meeting, and the conflict flared up strongly between the players of the two teams in midfield, with a slight advantage of the Belgians, who managed to threaten the net of the Netherlands, where goalkeeper Rimko Pasfer saved a dangerous attempt by Axel Vestel to deprive him of a beautiful goal, and then Kevin De Bruyne delivered a powerful hit. real danger, and the Dutch players did not manage to have any significant attacking reaction, so this half ended in the red between the two sides.
The second half started with quick substitutions from both sides and the Dutch quickly managed to impose their attacking rhythm in the meeting as the Belgians struggled to keep up with them Coach Louis van Gaal’s sons received many dangerous shots, but the finishing touch was missing in front of the goal and the goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois saved a dangerous try. From Denzel Dumfries to deprive him of a real goal, the coaches of the two teams continued to make attacking substitutions in their ranks in an attempt to improve attacking characteristics for the better. Courtois continued his brilliance by blocking a dangerous attempt by Steven Bergwen. In the 74th minute, captain Virgil van Dijk managed to break the net of the Dutch Mills with a beautiful header on A Corner from Cody Gakbo, and in the last 15 minutes the Belgian players tried to press hard on the opponent’s net and they had some dangerous shots, but the final touch with them was conceded and the match ended 1-0. Dutch victory.
In the same group, the Polish team beat their Wales colleague 1–0 and pulled out third place, while Wales dropped to second tier in the competition after finishing fourth in the group.
In the first group, the Croatian team managed to take the first place in the group and reach the semi-finals with an invaluable victory over the Austrian colleague with a score of 3:1, while the Danish team, in turn, won against France with a score of 2.-0 to confirm their presence in second place in the group, while Austria dropped to second tier in the competition.
At the third level and in the first group, the leaders of the group, the Turkish team, were defeated by the Faroe Islands with a score of 2: 1, while the Luxembourg team won against Lithuania with a score of 1: 0, putting the latter in third place. level and promoted to the fourth level after placing fourth in the group.
Source: El Iktisad