The seventh game of the European Cup 1/8 finals, the Netherlands vs. Romania, in the first half of the game, Gakpo used his personal ability to score a goal, in the second half, Van Dijk's header hit the post, Gakpo's supplementary goal was blown invalid because of offside, and then Gakpo assisted Malen to score another goal, in injury time, Malen counterattacked and pushed the goal, and came off the bench to complete the brace, and finally the Netherlands defeated Romania 3:0 and entered the quarterfinals of this European Cup, and their 1/4 final opponents were the winners of Turkey and Austria. It is worth mentioning that the Netherlands is the only team to reach the quarterfinals as the third team in this European Championship, after Slovenia, Slovakia and Georgia all fell outside the quarterfinals.
The last 10 meetings between the two teams, the Netherlands has an advantage of 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, in this European Cup, the Netherlands has one win, one draw and one loss, and advanced as the third group with better results, Romania is in the magical Group E, the four teams have 4 points, with the advantage of goal difference, beat Belgium, and advance as the first in the group.
In the first half, Denis Mann cut inside and fired a long-range shot that went just over the ball, and Romania had a good ability to score from distance. In the 20th minute, Gakpo used his personal ability to cut inside the left side and burst into the penalty area, and directly volleyed into the near corner, and the Netherlands broke the deadlock on the field 1:0.
Stanciu inverted triangle pass, near the penalty spot, Dennis Mann outflanked the shot, Ake who was made up for the defense cleared in time, Reinders' volley at the top of the arc of the penalty area was blocked, the Dutch corner kick opportunity, Burke rose to the top, De Vrij missed the empty goal at the back point.
The 22-year-old excelled at the back, first disrupting Depay's attack with a sliding tackle and then making a crucial tackle to block Dumfries' cross, and in less than half the game, he had made four clearances and two interceptions.
Lakovitan made a mistake in protecting the ball, Dumfries stepped up to steal the ball and then crossed the middle, Harvey Simons hesitated to shoot and failed to capitalise on the good opportunity, and Delegush cut inside just before half-time and was comfortably denied by Februhen. In this half, the Dutch team was active on the right flank, and Haji Jr.'s attacking talent was suppressed.
In the second half, Dumfries crossed from the right, Mullen's shot was blocked, and Ludpay stopped the ball in the middle of the box and shot again, which was missed by the interference of the defenders. Van Dijk took advantage of a corner kick and jumped high to head the ball into the goal, which hit the post and bounced off the bottom line.
Gakpo broke the ball in the backfield and connected two people, and the long-distance shot was saved by the goalkeeper after a long run, and this corner kick was a second offensive opportunity, Gakpo made up for the goal, but the offside position was first, and the goal was blown invalid!
In the 83rd minute, Gakpo slipped to the bottom line to attack, and before knocking on the goal, Malen easily pushed the goal, and the Netherlands extended its lead 2:0. In the 90+2nd minute, the Netherlands quickly counterattacked, Malen ran wildly with the ball and pushed the goal to complete the brace, and the Netherlands locked the victory 3:0. At full time, Netherlands had 67% possession and 22 shots on goal with 5 on target. Gakpo scored a game-best 9.2 points, with four shots on goal, three on target, one goal and one assist.