WEGHORST, HERO OF THE DUTCH
The Netherlands overcome De Jong's absence and come back against a Poland without Lewandowski (1-2)
Group D of the European Championships opened with a victory for the Netherlands over Poland, in a hard-fought comeback in which Wouter Weghorst was the 'killer' and hero for the Dutch
Low countries has started with 'strength' in this Eurocopa and with a victory that can be vital for a possible classification to eighth of final in a group in which France splits like favourite. The ones of Ronald Koeman have had patience and cooked, to fueego very slow, the victory in front of a Poland that built a wall in his defence and that held the tie until a Wouter Weghorst, two minutes after ingresar to the field, dressed of hero to give the three points to his selection.
It is worth it to remember that the 'Oranje' had confirmed in the previous of the tournament the absence of Frenkie of Jong, the one who did not recover to time of the injury that had suffered with the FC Barcelona. By his part, Poland could not have Robert Lewandowski that remained 'touched' in the last friendly, against Turkey, and that saw the party from the the bench. The drops, significant for both trainers, did not have a lot weight in a quite contested party in which the Dutch were the first in merodear the rival area and retaron constantly to Szczęsny, especially a Gakpo that did with the reins of the attack of his country.
Strength 'equalised' in the first-half
In spite of the command, went the Poles those who opened the marker in a 'distraction' of the rival defence. Zielinski Executed a direct corner to the first stick, where Dumfries did not react to time and Go Dijk was moved away of a Buska that, like the smartest of the class, sent a powerful head butt in which at all it could do the guardameta Dutch. The surprise flooded to a Volksparkstadion dyed of orange, but did not limit the efforts of the trained by Koeman. A chamber of hour afterwards, signed the tie.
Nathan Aké, that was being a fundamental player so much in defence as to the hour of propiciar the attack, stole a balloon, in a clear, to yield it to Cody Gakpo, that commanded a finish from far that finish colándose in the deepest of the network of Szczesny after brushing in a rival. They achieved the calm in the lawn, but continued merodeando the area in research of a second goal. It resisted deemasiado and had to expect to that the hero of always, Weghorst, signalled the way to the victory.
Weghorst For the traced back
And it is that in the second part the panorama was much more open and remained the feeling that any one of the two teams could llevarsee the victory. Low countries took advantage of of the mejoría of Xavi Simons, that began to be much looser, but Poland had a chamber of hour of a lot of command that seeded the fear in the 'Oranje'. Koeman Had to take part to change the diagram and the plan went out him well.
Weghorst Went in in the 81' and marked in the 83', with a new apparition of an Aké that was much more advanced: it Filtered a balloon to the area of the that took advantage of the forward to beat to the guardameta Polish and raise to all the fans of his seats. It is the best possible result for the Dutch, considering that in the next date will measure in front of France (Friday 21, 21:00 hours CEST).
