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Special correspondent Roman
In this European Cup, the fans of the Dutch team are as beautiful as ever. From Wolfsburg, the team’s headquarters, to Hamburg, the city of the first game, from Leipzig to Berlin, the Dutch surround the squares of their neighboring cities before each Orange Legion match. Sprinkling orange parties on German territory is something the Dutch are happy to enjoy from any point of view.
It’s just that on the night of Berlin on June 25, sharing joys and sorrows will temporarily switch to the rhythm of sharing sorrows and company. In the last round of the group stage, the Netherlands lost 2-3 to Austria, which dealt a blow to all Dutch supporters. This is Koeman’s 10th defeat in 37 games led by Koeman, but it is the first time he has lost to a top 10 opponent in the world. If the atmosphere of the team was relaxed and harmonious before, the alarm was officially sounded.
Austria forced the robbery, beating and rattling the Netherlands.
“We got off to a bad start and the headless rooster couldn’t find his way.” Koeman objectively commented on his team’s game, “I can make a mistake list: we are not aggressive enough, defense is not good, lack of pressure on the other side.” Once again, we easily lose the ball, you know, this way to start the game, usually the result is very bad. ” Mullen’s own goal is really just a microcosm of the Dutch team’s struggle half an hour before the game.
Koeman continued: “it looks like our players have been running, but none of them are where they should be.” The arrival rate is very bad, very bad. If the last game was relatively reasonable for France, today’s problem is too serious. ” This game returned to the starting 11 players of PSV Eindhoven midfielder Joey Firman, is the biggest epitome of the passive scene. As the greatest replacement and successor to Frankie de Jong in Coleman’s heart, Felman seems to have used up his good form in the warm-up match.
Firman’s chic passing schedule in the Dutch League and the Champions League in the 2023-24 season is now difficult to find on the court. When he changes the function of the lower back of the organization by requiring intensive reading of the game, he is always one beat behind, so the success rate of passing is barely more than half. No wonder Koeman also revealed privately with the media after the game that Derong’s existence makes people miss this view. Shoten, who is also from PSV Eindhoven’s defensive back, is much more leisurely than club teammate Felman in terms of arrival rate and defense, but not enough in the details such as rapid offensive and defensive conversion and defensive cooperation. The Dutch right was beaten several times in the second half of the game, and Shoten also exposed his infancy and lack of resilience in a high-level game.
Starting from the actual effect, the setting of the high position of the Austrian team accurately hit the panic in the backcourt of the Dutchman. For these players who have not yet played in the five major leagues, their teammates have given them a lot of tolerance. Ake said after the game: “Don’t think it was Joey’s problem to change in the first half. We played so badly that anyone could have been replaced at that time.” The low-back combination of the Dutchman in the first two competitions was Franky de Jong, the main force of Barcelona and endorsed by the semi-finals of the Champions League, and de Ron, a member of the Europa League and the main force of the European Champions League team for many years in Serie A. Now the two boys, who have not played in one of the five major leagues, have barely surpassed the double-digit international games together, and this risk parameter has existed since the European Cup preparation period.
In midfield, only AC Milan’s Reinders maintained the passing level with his active running and tandem. In fact, the only threat in that bad opening half-hour was the Milan midfielder, who missed the spot and missed the opportunity by catching Hackbo’s cross in the 14th minute. Ten minutes later he passed the ball straight to Semaron, who also missed the spot, and his left foot missed the post at the far angle.
Of course, there are problems on the court, it can never be just a line of pot, the contract period to the 2026 World Cup Koeman also agrees. He also took the initiative to mention at the post-match press conference, “Today there are a lot of questions that everyone can see, so I won’t give you too many answers on the spot.” We are still in the knockout stage. We know we have to do a lot better than tonight before we can move on, the team and the players have that quality. All the responsibility will be on me. I am the one who makes decisions. Let’s get back to work and improve. If it doesn’t work next, you can ask me questions again. “
The fans were angry, Koeman attracted firepower.
Compared with the national team, which is often infighting and shirking responsibility in the past, Koeman is still very down-to-earth on this point, at least in times of adversity, he first put the blame on himself. He should know better than anyone that his players were indeed slow to respond to Lonnick’s crazy opening high post. The Austrian coach said excitedly after the match that his team had been rewarded and that the team had shown courage and vitality.
Courage and energy are two key words that Dutch players have been wondering about. Memphis Deppe, who resumed the offensive line and scored a 2-2 equaliser, said after the game: “We put too little pressure on our opponents without the ball.” The Austrians play so hard and hard that we can do the same thing. Sometimes our movement is not very ideal, so it is difficult to get into the usual rhythm of the game, it looks very passive. Then we have to put pressure on our opponents, as the Austrians do today, we have this kind of strength. “
Koeman was certainly pleased with the return of Memphis, with West Horst heading the ferry and difficult leg catapulting corners in the Memphis penalty area. In the knockout stage, the head coach needs the state of the number one striker. It’s just that from a strategic point of view, the Dutchman is similar to the Frenchman and the Englishman in this tournament and may think about the strategy and tactics of the knockout stage after winning the first game. Choosing the opponent-picked half zone should not be the most accurate expression, because the third of the best four groups already has too much uncertainty.
But let the team consume as little as possible and do more test questions, at least what Koeman must want to do here. This includes the decision to rest Dunfries on the right and use rookie Feyenoord right-back Heitleida in this game. Hyatraida, who was born in 2000, is said to be joining Liverpool with his mentor Slote, but he failed in his 10th appearance for the national team. The Netherlands conceded all three goals in his area, even though the last goal was apparently dragged by captain Dijk in the middle and did not form offside in the end.
As for the performance in which the defence is riddled with holes and is lower than expected, the goalkeeper Feibr Luheng, who performed perfectly in the first two games of the game, explained. “I tried to help the team from the last position, but there was too much noise on the pitch and a lot of things happened too fast. There were times when I really didn’t know what to do with our defence and the position of the other side’s front line. That’s all I can say before I do a serious post-match analysis. “
Although the team is still United and everyone comes out to share the responsibility, the picky Dutch fans are not so easy to deal with. Dutch football has always been the pursuit of beauty, do not want to live ugly, so in the Frank de Boer and Brinder senior coaching, even if the team won, there was far more criticism than praise. Compared with the bold Van Gaal and Rijkaard, Koeman’s style is the best median, but also focuses on offense. But after these three group matches, fans sprayed on the social media account of the Dutch Football Association and one of Europe’s most authoritative football magazines, the Dutch International Football.
Fans do not agree with the score given to the team by International Football, with the exception of goalkeeper Feibr Luheng, left-back Ake and substitute Simmons, no other players have escaped the “low score”. What is quite characteristic of the Netherlands is that many fans have given considerable tolerance to the newcomers who lack experience in international matches, reflecting a considerable understanding in the message, because their families know the background of the Dutch level. But for Vilnadoum and Memphis Deppe, who opened the goal account, everyone was quite impolite. The core meaning is not to know what the so-called stars who have been famous for a long time are doing on the court and have not played a role in supporting the team under difficult circumstances.
After the match, Dutch media statistics showed that Mullen’s own goal in the 6th minute was the third in all previous Dutch competitions. Legendary striker Krol scored an own goal in the 1974 World Cup against Bulgaria and Bronz against Italy in 1978, but the team won both games. The early time of this goal also broke the record of the Swiss player Zakariya’s own goal in the 8th minute of the last European Cup, and this embarrassing information has to be left on Mullen for a long time.
All that should be said is over, and the frank Dutchman does not forget to comfort the team. If it has always been Koeman’s inner monologue to say that he does not want to go to the top half of Spain, Germany and Portugal, the results of the third and other groups actually let him do so. As soon as the Group C match was over, the Dutch media immediately gave the latest probability chart, and the Dutchman was likely to avoid the “dead half zone”. At the end of tonight’s game, they will know their opponents in the 18th finals. Koeman, who is not a social media activist, updated his social media account, saying that today’s game was very disappointing and that every part was below the team’s level, but the team had to cheer up and rush to the 16-into-8 game. If these movements can share a little of the anger of the fans at the players, the preparations for the knockout stage will officially begin.