4-0! Milan midfield world wave, Liverpool connected to seal the win, the Netherlands played a triumphant song at home!
Euro 2024 is about to start, all teams are also seizing the time to prepare, this international break, there are a number of warm-up matches with high attention, the world's sixth-ranked uncrowned king Netherlands, sitting at home against ranked 34th ranked Scotland, whether it is the overall strength of the team, or the individual ability of the stars, the Dutch team is above the opponent, which is why fans are optimistic about their victory at home before the game! Both teams created a number of dangerous attacking opportunities after the start of the game, but the Netherlands were clearly more capable of taking advantage of them, and in the end they beat Scotland 4-0 thanks to Reinders' world wave, Wijnaldum, Weghorst header and Mullen's pick!
Netherlands manager Koeman set up a 4-3-3 formation, with Fleken coming on as the starting goalkeeper to defend the uncrowned king, Ake, Van Dijk, Giel Truyda and Frimpong forming a back four, Reinders, Wijnaldum and Weaver in midfield, the forward trident Depay in the middle, Gakpo and Xavi Simons on the wings.
As soon as the referee's whistle blew, the Dutch began to press aggressively and created a one-on-one chance for Gakpo in the sixth minute, the Liverpool striker did not open the gap after passing the goalkeeper, and the shot was blocked by an aggressive defender, allowing the Dutch team to miss a great chance to score.
Scotland came close to breaking the balance in the 18th minute, after receiving a cross from the wing of a team-mate, Christie scrambled to clear the ball before the defender cleared the ball and completed a threatening header, but it was blocked by the in-form Flecon, who kept the home side in the open net.
Before half-time, Reinders, who plays for AC Milan, broke the balance of the pitch for the Dutch team, and after dribbling the ball to the front of the Scottish penalty area, Reinders blasted a powerful world wave, although the Scottish goalkeeper made a save, but could not prevent the ball from going into the net, allowing the Dutch team to return to the dressing room with a 1-0 scoreline.
After the start of the second half, Scotland obviously strengthened their attack, wanting to erase the difference as soon as possible, in the 49th minute, the central defender Gilmour who hit the front, completed a long-range shot at the front of the Dutch team's penalty area, but unfortunately missed the target, the ball grazed the post and went out of the bottom line, and then McGinn completed a very threatening shot, which was blocked by the Dutch goalkeeper.
In the 54th minute, Scotland continued to pressure the Netherlands in the front, and seized the opportunity of Fleken's mistake in the opening goal, creating a long-range opportunity for Gilmour, the ball hit the defender's body out of the bottom line, although there was no equalizer, but in the second half of Scotland caused a lot of pressure on the home team, after withstanding the onslaught of Scotland's second half start, the Netherlands 56 minutes also colored, Gakpo left side of the penalty area directly from the front of the long shot, by the opponent's goalkeeper bravely lifted off the crossbar.
In the 62nd minute, the Dutch team's back line made a fatal mistake again, the pass at the front of the penalty area was directly intercepted by Scotland, and then launched a counterattack, but unfortunately Lawrence's shot hit the crossbar and popped up, and once again passed by the goal, the Netherlands, who escaped the catastrophe, extended the lead in the 72nd minute, Gakpo shook off the defender on the left side and crossed, Wijnaldum leaned over and scored a goal, relying on the successful connection of the current Liverpool players and former Liverpool players, the Dutch team also extended the advantage to 2 goals, at the end of the game, substitute forward Weghorst knocked on the Scottish goal with a header again, and Mullen scored a goal 1 minute later, the score is fixed at 4-0!