Who else would the Netherlands be than me?

Patricia Lee 1068 Jul 04, 2024

In the early hours of Sunday morning, the final game of the European Cup semi-finals begins, and the Netherlands and Turkey will compete. The competition in the lower half of the Netherlands is not so fierce. They have great hope to achieve good results. Moreover, the Oranje are the only team among the four teams in the lower half to have won the European Cup. This year's tournament In the top 16, they defeated Romania by 3 goals, showing a strong performance. This time facing Turkey, which is not as strong as their own team, the Netherlands can win and advance to the semi-finals. 

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The overall strength of the Netherlands has declined significantly in recent years. The team is no longer star-studded. Compared with teams such as England and France, the Oranje looks a bit mediocre. In addition, before the start of the European Cup, general Frankie Di Zhuang and other players Players were unable to participate in the game due to injuries, and the Netherlands was generally not favored. In fact, the Netherlands' performance in the group stage was not convincing. It only recorded 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, and accumulated 4 points. It advanced to the top 16 as one of the 4 best third-place teams. However, the Netherlands also had a blessing in disguise, falling into the bottom half of the group in third place. The eight teams were obviously not as competitive as the top half, and the team had great hopes of breaking out. In the round of 16 against Romania, the Netherlands played its best game so far in this European Cup. The latter suppressed the former throughout the game. Most of the statistics were for the dominant side. Early in the first half, they relied on their high Di Gap 's goal gave the team the lead. At the end of the second half, Daniel Mullen scored two goals in a short time to seal the victory. In the end, the Netherlands defeated Romania with 3 goals to advance to the semi-finals. The morale of the players was good. Against Turkey in the semi-finals, the Netherlands also had an obvious advantage. The two sides had met 14 times in history. The Netherlands had a slight advantage with 6 wins, 4 losses and 4 losses. In the last time we met, the Netherlands defeated Turkey 6-1, which also created a new record. This set the biggest score record since the two teams played against each other. This time against Turkey, which has conceded goals in 4 games of this European Cup, the Netherlands will definitely be able to defeat the opponent's defense and win.


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Although Turkey's squad for this year's European Cup includes Inter Milan's midfielder Hagen Chahanlugu and Real Madrid star Aida Guna , the overall strength of the rest of the players is average and they want to go further. It's very difficult. In the group stage, Turkey also passed the test in a thrilling way. In the key battle with the Czech Republic in the final round, although they won 2-1 and advanced to the top 16, Hagen Zahanlugu and Samet Akidean received yellow cards in the battle. , accumulated 2 yellow cards and missed the round of 16. Their opponent in the top 16 was Austria, which had beaten France and the Netherlands to qualify for first place. Turkey also lacked generals. They were not optimistic before the game, but the team responded to the disdain with its performance. In the first 57 seconds, Melie Dime scored a goal. Luo scored to take the lead, which also set the record for the fastest goal in the European Cup knockout rounds. In the second half, he scored another goal to complete the double score. Austria then launched a fierce counterattack and recovered a goal in the 66th minute. Fortunately, during the countdown period, Gan Aogao saved the opponent's header to preserve the victory for the team. In the end, Turkey narrowly defeated Austria 2-1 to advance to the semi-finals. It was also commendable that Turkey advanced to the semi-finals again after 16 years. Although Hagen Chahanlugu and Shamet Akidean will return from bans in the semi-finals, Turkey's offensive and defensive ends will improve. However, due to the team's unstable defense, it will face difficulties in all aspects of its own team. Above the Netherlands, Turkey needs to find more ways to break through their opponents. In terms of lineup, midfielders Okun Gogu and Isme Yosik are both on the bench for this game.


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