European Cup: Netherlands vs England
Start time: 07-11 03:00
France and England, Spain and Netherlands are two extremes.
Didier Deschamps' France have reached the semi-finals four times in five tournaments, while Southgate's England have reached three of the four!
Euro 2024 their tactical characteristics are too similar - from the previous idealist to realist, all the way to the end, as the motto of Italy's Juventus FC says: "Victory is not important, what is important is victory!" ”
Spain are a special case in this tournament and they are eager and able to "vencer y convencer" (Spain for "hit to your service"). They are talented, bold and enterprising, and they will do whatever they want.
This kind of football is what fans want to see, and it is also what FIFA should respect! France is not wronged at all to come home!
Netherlands is very similar to Spain, although they finished third in the group, but with this Cruyff-style all-attacking football, they made it to the semi-finals!
France is home, what about England?
The form of England and France in this European Championship has changed from "underperforming" to "what are you playing?" ”！
France have been able to hold on until now because they are calm, efficient and have plenty of experience in the tournament to take over the competition!
And England has persevered so far without luck and star effect, such as the game against Slovakia, Bellingham 96 minutes barb savior; Playing Switzerland, it takes Saka's flash of inspiration to equalize the score!
Judging from the defensive intensity of both teams, England is far inferior to France!
Although France did not score a sports goal, they did not allow their opponent to score a sports goal! England is different, and it is all sports battles that let their opponents score......
Judging from the statistics of the two European Championships, England's offense is getting worse and worse, and the defense is getting worse and worse!
In 2020, the expected goals in almost every game crushed the opponent; By 2024, not only the offense is gone, but the defense is also lost, and it is pressed to the ground by Slovakia and Switzerland and rubbed wildly.
England, on the other hand, have won just one of their last nine games against Netherlands!
In fact, only Brazil (15 per cent) have a lower win rate against Netherlands (27 per cent) against England than England more than 20 times.
Then Netherlands could cause trouble for England today!
Netherlands' forward
There is no doubt that Gakpo and Depay have played a crucial role in Netherlands' European Championships! Let's put it this way, all the offensive behavior of the Orange Legion in the offensive third sector has something to do with them!
First, Depay had 17 shots and 10 chances created, with Gakpo having 12 and 11 in those two attacking indicators! This means that 63.5% of Netherlands' 74 shots on goal in this European Championship are directly related to these two, and if you look at the specific goals, this proportion rises to 66.7%!
Gakpo is the top scorer at this tournament and the Liverpool striker has scored three goals so far, without a single penalty. His combination with Depay is bound to pose a threat to the England defence!
On the other hand, most of the set-pieces Netherlands have lost in this European Championship, such as corner kicks against Poland in the group stage and Turkey in the last round, while England's set-piece advantage in this tournament is wiped out because of the absence of Maguire (1.94m)! All the opponent has to do is limit Stones and Kane.
So I think the weakness of Netherlands set-pieces is very difficult for England to grasp!
A luxurious backline for the Netherlands
Netherlands are most proud of their defensive team, Liverpool's "world defender" Van Dijk sits in the central defense line, next to Manchester City's core central defender, Tottenham defender Van der Ven (the first speed in the Premier League), Inter double defender Dumfries (the best right-back in Serie A) and De Vrij! Goalkeeper Verbruggen is a Brighton in the Premier League!
As you may have noticed, most of these defenders in Netherlands play in the Premier League, and they know the characteristics of English players very well!
And England's frontline, whether Kane, Foden or Saka, are the players targeted by various clubs, I want to limit them without Koeman to teach, Netherlands defenders themselves understand!
So my opinion is: England is so "constipated" playing other teams, don't think about playing against Netherlands.
Who cares about Dumfries on the right?
Dumfries, the best right-back in Serie A, is definitely a potential threat against England.
I've mentioned in a number of games before that England's left side is the biggest weakness! Nominal right-back Kieran Trippier spent most of his time filling the left-back position (cameo). But the effect is obvious, he doesn't pass the ball with his left foot at all, he has to move to his right foot every time to hit the ball! There is no doubt that England's left flank is in ruins.
Although Luke Shaw came off the bench against Switzerland in the last round, it means he is likely to start against Netherlands today. That's good for the Three Lions, but it's a question of how much form a player can show for a player who has just recovered from injury and hasn't played for most of the year!
Dumfries is more than capable of giving Luke Shaw a rehab check, after all, most of Netherlands' attack (39.5%) comes from the right flank!
On the other hand, why do Inter's players like Dumfries so much, because his attitude to the game is too good.
Look at this flying save against Turkey, like Rodman?
With this enterprising spirit, Dumfries finally helped Netherlands win with a diagonal pass assist!
The data is a bowl of water and reasonable! In fact, England have won just one of their last nine meetings against Netherlands, a friendly in 2018, which is not convincing!
Netherlands is not the same as Belgium, they are more united and have a greater sense of collective pride!
Watching them in the final stage against Turkey, the opponent attacked almost frantically, and the Netherlands defence resisted stubbornly, high-fives every time they cleared, and it was clear that the Van Dijk backline was full of hunger for victory!
As De Vrij summed up after the game: "This team knows how to take pain together. ”
France Gou, finally put himself home! But they have come to this day on strength. And England has "survived" by luck until now, so will Lady Luck always stand by England's side?
I don't think so, England go home today and expect Netherlands to be undefeated.
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