UEFA European Championship

FT Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Netherlands WWWDL 3
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Romania DDWLD 0
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NED123
ROU000
Allianz Arena · 65,012 att. · FS1

Match Report

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Euro 2024: Malen double helps Netherlands beat Romania

Netherlands' Cody Gakpo scored his third goal of the European Championship and Donyell Malen added two more late on as the Dutch burst back into form with a lively display to defeat Romania 3-0 in their round of 16 clash on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
13
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
3
64.8
Possession
35.2
23
SHOTS
5
6
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
438
Accurate Passes
203
500
Passes
271
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
2
29
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.1
43
Long Balls
51
25
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
1
4
Effective Tackles
5
12
Tackles
9
0.3
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
8
23
Effective Clearances
35
23
Clearances
35

Head to Head

NED leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ROU · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Florin NitaG
  2. 15Andrei BurcaCD-L
  3. 3Radu DragusinCD-R
  4. 6Marius MarinDM
  5. 22Vasile MogosLB
  6. 2Andrei RatiuRB
  7. 21Nicolae StanciuCM-L
  8. 18Razvan MarinCM-R
  9. 10Ianis HagiLM
  10. 20Dennis ManRM
  11. 19Denis DragusF

NED · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 6Stefan de VrijCD-R
  4. 5Nathan AkéLB
  5. 22Denzel DumfriesRB
  6. 7Xavi SimonsAM
  7. 14Tijjani ReijndersLM
  8. 24Jerdy SchoutenRM
  9. 10Memphis DepayF
  10. 11Cody GakpoAM-L
  11. 25Steven BergwijnAM-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Romania 0, Netherlands 1. Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xavi Simons.
  2. 38' Substitution, Romania. Bogdan Racovitan replaces Vasile Mogos because of an injury.
  3. 45' Substitution, Netherlands. Donyell Malen replaces Steven Bergwijn.
  4. 67' Marius Marin (Romania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 69' Substitution, Netherlands. Joey Veerman replaces Jerdy Schouten.
  6. 69' Substitution, Netherlands. Micky van de Ven replaces Nathan Aké.
  7. 72' Substitution, Romania. Denis Alibec replaces Ianis Hagi.
  8. 72' Substitution, Romania. Alexandru Cicâldau replaces Marius Marin.
  9. 72' Substitution, Romania. Valentin Mihaila replaces Denis Dragus.
  10. 78' Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 81' Nicolae Stanciu (Romania) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 83' Goal! Romania 0, Netherlands 2. Donyell Malen (Netherlands) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
  13. 84' Substitution, Netherlands. Wout Weghorst replaces Cody Gakpo.
  14. 88' Substitution, Romania. Darius Olaru replaces Nicolae Stanciu.
  15. 90'+2' Substitution, Netherlands. Daley Blind replaces Memphis Depay.
  16. 90'+3' Goal! Romania 0, Netherlands 3. Donyell Malen (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xavi Simons following a fast break.
  17. 90'+4' Donyell Malen (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

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