After the difficult and close victory against Greece in last month’s meeting, the Dutch national team presented a brilliant show in Amsterdam and passed this team’s barrier with a score of 7-0. Xavi Hernandez, the head coach of the Netherlands, expressed his satisfaction with the performance of his students after this high-scoring win.
“I’m very happy, but I can’t say I’m surprised,” Xavi said after the match. I had seen how well my players are working in training and I mentioned this in the press conference yesterday. They had a wonderful mutual understanding. especially in the first half; That’s the way we have to play.”
The Netherlands opened the scoring five times in the first half and scored two more after the break to give Xavi’s men, who have been in charge since September, a near-perfect night.
In response to a question about the best players of his team in this match, the head coach of the Netherlands mentioned Bart Verbruchen and said: “Bart Verbruchen! Because he was able to keep his goal closed for the first time this year. Of course, I am also very happy with the performance of Tijani Reinders and Donil Mullen. I am very happy to have such players and I believe they fully deserve this result.”
One of the notable events of this match was Frankie DeYoung’s substitution at the end of the first half. The Barcelona midfielder, who was wearing the captain’s armband of the Netherlands in the absence of Virgil van Dijk, left the field due to discomfort. “He was feeling a bit uncomfortable,” Xavi explained about his condition after the match. The issue was not a serious injury, but he himself said that he did not want to continue playing. “He had some problems before the match, but I think he will be available again for Monday’s match.”
The Dutch national team will face Germany in the last group stage match of the UEFA Nations League in Berlin on Monday. “It will be difficult to repeat this level of performance because we have a completely different match ahead of us,” Xavi said of the match.
“I’m very happy right now,” the Netherlands coach said at the end. We enjoy this victory and from tomorrow we will think again about the next game. “The most important thing is to remember that this was just one match and we are still at the beginning of the journey.”
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