The Dutch national team rose from devastation after ensuring themselves qualifying for the UEFA Nations League semifinal as group 1 winners over France and Germany. Dutch performance deteriorated after winning the 3rd World Cup 2014 in Brazil.
The Netherlands missed two major tournaments, namely Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup. With the Dutch qualifying for the UEFA Nations League semifinals, it was as if returning the Netherlands to the top ranks in Europe.
The Netherlands could appear less convincing to undergo the first UEFA Nations League match against France at the Stade De France.
The high confidence that France has is playing the first home game after winning the 2018 World Cup. In addition, the last meeting of the two countries sided with France. Because, France slaughtered the Netherlands 4 goals without reply during the 2018 European Cup World Cup qualifier. The Dutch finally lost again at Stade De France with a score of 2-1.
The Dutch acted as hosts when hosting Germany at the Johan Cruijff Arena. Germany experienced a decline after being knocked out of the 2018 World Cup group phase and defeated South Korea by two goals without reply.
Unmitigated, the Netherlands beat Germany 3-0 in front of their own supporters. Three Dutch goals were scored by Virgil Van Dijk (30 ‘), Memphis Depay (86’) and Georginio Wijnaldum (90 + 3 ‘). Victory over Germany became the starting point for De Oranje’s revival.
The Netherlands plays the third UEFA Nation League match against France at the Feijennoord Stadium. Unexpectedly, this 2018 world champion suffered its first defeat after winning the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The Netherlands won 2-0 over France.
Memphis Depay and Georginio Wijnaldum became heroes with a contribution of 1 goal each. France is not safe to qualify for the semifinals. The fate of France will be determined by the match between Germany and the Netherlands.
A crucial match for the Dutch who must travel to Germany. Left behind 2-0 in the first round to make the position of France would be safe to advance to the semifinals. However, 2 late goals from Quincy Promes and Virgil Van Dijk made the Dutch avoid the defeat.
2-2 score until the end of the match. Although France and the Netherlands both collected 7 points, the Netherlands won on goal difference with France.
Dramatically, France was eliminated by the Dutch when the Dutch were able to catch up 2-0 to 2-2. Now, the Netherlands is ready to threaten the next opponent. Sipapaun the next opponent of the Netherlands, whether Portugal, Switzerland or the United Kingdom deserves to be aware of the rise of De Oranje. The UEFA Nations League semifinal match will be held in mid-2019.
ASL
