Today’s football results June 7, the Netherlands National Team “won” against EURO 2024 when they surpassed Canada in a friendly match with a score of 4-0.
The Netherlands National Team had a competition with the Canadian National Team before EURO 2024 and Copa America 2024. The match was held at De Kuip Stadium in Feyenoord. With home advantage, the European representative easily controlled the match.
However, coach Koeman’s and his team’s attacks in the first half lacked precision. The Dutch team hit the goal 10 times in the first 45 minutes but could not score.
Things only got better for the Dutch team in the second half. In the 50th minute, Frimpong crossed the ball beautifully for Depay to finish gently, opening the score. In the 57th minute, the Leverkusen player wrote his name on the electronic board when he had a perfect shot with his left foot in the Canadian penalty area, increasing the score to 2-0.
With two goals ahead, the Dutch team began to make personnel adjustments but they were still completely dominant. In the 63rd minute, Weghorst tried to save the ball at the touchline before passing the ball to his teammates.
From this situation, the former MU player had the opportunity to kick into Canada’s net after goalkeeper St.Clair could not catch Schouten’s kick. In the 83rd minute, the result was 4-0 for the Netherlands when Van Dijk jumped high and headed the ball into the net for the representative of the CONCACAF region.
After this match, the Netherlands has a friendly match with Iceland before playing EURO, while Canada has a friendly match with France before playing Copa America.
Playing at home and with a better team quality, the Netherlands put pressure on their Canadian opponents in the first minutes of the match. Coach Ronald Koeman’s army continuously bombarded the opponent’s goal.
However, it was not until the end of the first half that the “Orange Cyclone” created notable opportunities. In the 38th minute, Wijnaldum shot at an angle to defeat the St. Clair but Cornelius was there to save Canada right before the goal line. Before halftime, the majority of Dutch fans at De Kuip Stadium felt regretful when Brobbey missed the opportunity in the face-off.
Meanwhile, Canada also created a few turbulent situations in the home goal, but could not concretize it into a goal. The first half ended without any goals scored.
At the beginning of the second half, the Netherlands increased the pace of the match and scored the opening goal after only 5 minutes of rolling the ball. In the 50th minute, Frimpong made a cross as if it were set for Depay to tap the ball into the Canadian net. Just 7 minutes later, Frimpong himself doubled the gap with a beautiful curling shot.
In the 63rd minute, Weghorst put his name on the scoreboard with a close-range rebound after St. Clair caught the ball without catching it. Although the pace of the match slowed down in the following minutes, the Netherlands still scored another goal in the 83rd minute, and the scorer was captain midfielder Virgil van Dijk after a clever run and header.
The final result of this match was 4-0 in favor of the home team. Coach Ronald Koeman’s team will have a friendly match against Iceland on June 11 before flying to Germany to start the journey to conquer EURO 2024.