Summary and objectives of the Netherlands

A quarter of an hour of inspiration at the start of the second half, sparked by Memphis Depay’s success, sparked an avalanche of goals scored by the Netherlands in a 4-0 friendly against Canada. at the gates of the German Eurocup, which meets the expectations of Ronald Koeman’s team.

He set up the “orange” kit, without Frankie De Jong, still missing due to injury, with Atlético Madrid striker Memphis Dapay and Girona centre-back Daly Blind as captain and as first team players and forming the core of Koeman’s team, which made mistakes in the first half but failed after the break crashed into the gate. .

The Netherlands used the preparatory match played at the Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam to boost their egos ahead of the start of the EuroCup, in which they will Poland, Austria and France as opponents in the group stage.

The Orange eleven featured contrasting figures such as Georgino Wijnaldum, Ajax’s Brian Brobbey or Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong, while the bench included the likes of Nathan Ake from Manchester City, Denzel Dumfries from Inter, Cody Gakpo from Liverpool, Javi Simons from Leipzig or Doniel Mullen, from Dortmund.

The Canadian team, led by American Jesse Marsh, Argentina’s first opponent in the next Copa America, was up against others such as goalkeeper Dane St. Clair.captain Alphonso Davies from Bayern Munich, Inter’s Tajon Buchanan, Lille’s Jonathan David or Mallorca’s Kyle Larin.

The clash became a monologue for the European team in the face of remarkable resistance from the opposition, who managed to save themselves from goal in the first half. Derek Cornelius and then Kyle Larin They had the ball under their sticks twice after tries from Georgino Wijnaldum and Brian Brobbey close to half-time.

But it passed through the break and changed the panorama. Five minutes into the second half, Memphis Depay took advantage of Frimpong’s cross from the right and beat his marker. He inserted his finger and scored.

The second came in the 57th minute on a quick counter-attack created by a good pass from Wijnaldum to Frimpong, who entered the penalty area and attempted to cross the ball. Davies intervened and the ball returned to the Leverkusen striker for the second stage. He fired straight at the target and didn’t miss.

The third was during the game. No truce. Jerdy Schouten’s shot into the penalty area was not stopped by the North American goalkeeper. The ball was lost and Wout Weghorst took advantage of this and scored. However, the victory was sealed in the final stretch. In the corner, which Virgil Van Dijk took advantage of and successfully scored a goal.