The seventh match of the quarterfinals of the European Championship will be contested by Romania, ranked 47th in the world, against the world's No. 7 and one-time European Cup winners, the Orange Shirts Netherlands.
In the group stage, both sides have a record of 1 win and 1 draw, the last time the two sides met the Netherlands lost to the Romanian team at a disadvantage, but the last 5 meetings with the Netherlands 4 wins and 1 loss are in the upper hand, in general, the Romanian team is still more afraid of the Dutch team, the Romanian team is worth less than 100 million euros, and the Dutch team is worth more than 7 times more than the Romanian team, which is an important parameter of the disparity in strength between the two sides on paper. Therefore, less than 30% of fans before the game believed that the Romanian team could overturn the Dutch team again.
In the 20th minute, Liverpool's sharp knife Gakpo blasted out the world wave! Simons on the left side of the field sent a delicate diagonal ball, Gakpo won the ball and dribbled into the left side of the penalty area, then cut in laterally to shake off the angle and volleyed a powerful volley into the near corner to give the Netherlands the lead.
In the 65th minute, Gakpo scored another goal with a cushion shot in front of the goal, but unfortunately it was blown offside, and the goal was invalidated.
In the 83rd minute, Gakpo sent a clever pass near the bottom line, and Mullen scored from close range in front of the goal to seal the win for the Netherlands.
In the 93rd minute, Simmons sent a wonderful pass, and Mullen scored another goal with a single shot.
Romania were eliminated by the Netherlands and the Orange progressed to the quarter-finals of the European Championship where they will face the winner of the match between Turkey and Austria. Let's look forward to the next great performance of the Dutch team!