He was a lot bigger and took a transparent victory. The Netherlands crushed Iceland by beating them 4-0 in a pleasant match performed in Rotterdam, 4 days earlier than the beginning of the Euro Cup in Germany.
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Each groups had simply achieved precious victories in different pleasant matches. Thursday, The Netherlands beat Canada 4-0, who will likely be Argentina’s first opponent within the upcoming Copa América in the US, within the opening recreation of that match. In the meantime, on Friday Iceland hit the massive time beating England 1-0 at Wembleynothing much less.
The native workforce beat the Nordic workforce with out issues. Younger midfielder Xavi Simons opened the scoring 23 minutes into the primary half. Within the second half, skilled central defender Virgil van Dijk prolonged the lead within the forty ninth minute and striker Donyell Malen within the 79th minute.
At 81, a Dutch determine like Memphis Depay scored 4-0, however his aim was disallowed for offside. And when two minutes of additional time had been performed, it was Wout Weghorst who sealed the duel with a four-goal distinction.
The Netherlands, led the historic central defender Ronald Koeman will take part within the Euro in group D, the place he can have France, Austria and Poland as his rivals. For her, Iceland, led by Age Hareide, didn’t qualify for the best nationwide workforce competitors in Europe.
Earlier than the win over Canada, the Netherlands misplaced 2-1 in opposition to Germany. However the earlier three objectives had been victories with out conceding any objectives: 4-0 in opposition to Scotland, 6-0 in opposition to Gibraltar and 1-0 in opposition to Eire.