The match of the Dutch national team against Austria (2-0) was also watched by the analysts of the on Thursday evening BBC. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink saw Memphis Depay use a penalty impeccably, but the former attacker would have liked the the Dutch attacker to have asserted himself more in the Johan Cruijff ArenA. There is also praise for the game of Frenkie de Jong.
“Memphis Depay will have to bring more if the Dutch team wants to progress in the tournament. Although that penalty was well shot”, Hasselbaink points out a point of criticism at the attacker, who was accurate for the Netherlands for the 27th time against the Austrians. Fellow analyst Alan Shearer agrees with Burton Albion’s manager. “I would have liked him to have played deeper, but that didn’t happen. He could have put more pressure on Austria’s defense.”
The man of the match was not Denzel Dumfries or Frenkie de Jong
The report figures of Voetbalzone of the players of the Dutch.
Shearer enjoyed watching De Jong’s performance in the second European Championship match of the Dutch national team. “He makes the team better with his passes.” The former top scorer thinks that the Barcelona midfielder is crucial for the European Championship opportunities of the Dutch. “De Jong and Georginio Wijnaldum have to perform to be successful.” Despite the second win of the group stage, Shearer does not yet rank the Netherlands among the absolute favorites for this European Championship. “The Netherlands has a number of good players, but it is not a world team.”
Hasselbaink is also happy that Frank de Boer can have a player like De Jong. “A great player and also very young (24 years, ed.). He is very comfortable with the ball. He is also very good tactically. He puts his fellow players down, really great.” Rio Ferdinand shares Hasselbaink’s enthusiasm. “He is very good in the small space and makes sure that players pay extra attention to him.”
Shearer, incidentally, looked with amazement at Austria’s playing style, which, according to him, gave way too much space in defensive terms. “Really ridiculous that Austria played with such a high line. They should have been penalized three or four times in the first half with that ridiculously high line of theirs. It was really unbelievable.” Austria started in a 3-1-4-2 system, with David Alaba as the most central defender. The acquisition of Real Madrid already gave away a penalty in the eleventh minute by standing on the foot of Denzel Dumfries. Memphis Depay then used the awarded penalty.
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