European Championship straight ball sight: Dutch-Turkish preview, the advantages of the Netherlands may not be appreciated by many people

Yingxian said

2024-07-05 12:53Published in Zhejiang Former Sports Weekly International Department reporter and senior sports creator

Thank you for not being invited. In the Dutch-Turkish battle, I have a lot of confidence in the Netherlands.

Before the start of the European Championships, I wrote that the Netherlands was the "easiest to fall off the chain" of the big powers. It's a bit of a slap in the face now, but what I really want to say is clear: the Netherlands are actually very strong and a team that can hope to do well.

After a clean elimination of Romania, I think everyone will probably find that Koeman's team is on the right track - to be honest, I don't always like the Netherlands who don't play three central defenders, but that doesn't affect my evaluation of them - so in this "gift 1/4 zone", as long as you play normally, it is not difficult to get Turkey's opponents of this level.

In addition to the comparison in terms of strength, I also made an interesting discovery - in the Romanian game, I don't know how many people noticed that when the Dutch team held the ball at the back, especially when the first wave of set-pieces in the front court failed, they always deliberately slowed down the tempo, retracted the team's center of gravity to their own half, and then attacked. If this rhythm had only happened once, we might have said that it was accidental, but when the Netherlands had almost 4 or 5 corners in the game to form a second attack, they all did so, which is obviously deliberate.

It's a very important tactical detail – meaning Koeman has finally grasped the most crucial elements of this Dutch team – the core at the back, on the counter-attack. What I really want to say is that as long as you don't have the illusion of attacking like crazy and biting your opponent to death in one go, this Dutch team is very dramatic.

I think this change is not only a lesson from being "taught to be a man" by Austria in the group stage, but also probably because Koeman finally learned the coaching philosophy of what comes first and what comes back in the competition. From this change alone, he deserves praise.

At the moment, the key problem for the Dutch team is that they don't have enough opportunities up front – but it's not a big deal, and it's much more difficult for everyone to score goals anyway. After all, Koeman still has a "Plan B" that can be compared to the German team, and I believe that even if any team can stalemate with the Netherlands until the last moment, it will face strong pressure from the 2-meter-long Weghorst in the face of exhaustion, which is really difficult to do.

A few words about Turkey.

I think Montella is struggling right now. The key question is, what kind of strategy will Calhanoglu have to face the Netherlands after his return – it is clear that in the previous game against Austria, the tactic of replicating Güler's false 9 core was extremely successful – but what about Calhanoglu's return?

Friends who have watched the battle of Turkey and Austria should have the impression that this Turkish team actually has a very average positional attack ability, and their situation will be very difficult in the face of the Dutch team's tidal flank offensive. So how Montella will arrange the tactics, whether it is the core of the front court or the core of the 10 back court, to be honest, this question is quite difficult to solve. I don't comment on that, it's Montella's own work ^_^

Reaching the quarter-finals is actually only a passing line for the Netherlands, but it is completely different for Turkey – if the Netherlands can go further, it can be considered a "good result". This is a subtle difference in the fighting spirit and mentality of the two sides. From this point of view, I feel that it will be a high probability that the Dutch team will continue or even sublimate the spirit of the first game against Romania.

There is not much suspense in this game, and unless there is a situation where Guller is descended, I am optimistic that the Netherlands will settle the battle within 90 minutes.

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