Within the “white” 0-0, the Netherlands and France remained on the “Purple Bull Enviornment” in Leipzig, within the tremendous derby of the 2nd matchday of the 4th group of EURO 2024, with each groups having their very own huge moments within the match, however to finally “neutralize” one another and stroll hand in hand on the high of the group with 4 factors every.
This was the primary goalless draw at a EURO remaining stage since 51 matches and England's 0-0 draw with Scotland on 18 June 2021 within the EURO 2020 group stage.
The match began impressively, with Fribong “stepping” on the Dutch protection within the first seconds of the match and forcing Menian into his first intervention, with a tough nook placement. Within the 4th minute, the scene shifted to the opposing objective and it was Griezmann's flip to threaten the Dutch defence, however Verbruchen confirmed excellent reflexes in his try.
The French “machine” (regardless of enjoying with out Kylian Mbappe, who remained on the bench as a result of his damaged nostril) started to select up… revs with Rabiot and Griezmann reaching the 14' in entrance of Verbruchen after Thuram's heel, however the former went to safe the objective and the latter by no means made a remaining effort, as a result of he slipped. Seconds later, after Kante's flip, Griezmann once more missed the goal, whereas within the sixteenth minute Menian made a superb save in his nook after Hakpo's very good deflected shot.
After 25', each groups' frenetic tempo dropped sharply, with the Dutch and French paying extra consideration on the again and never taking dangers. A picture that didn’t change even firstly of the second half, with Turam within the 60'… breaking the monotony with an excellent lengthy shot that went simply extensive, whereas Tsouameni's excellent header within the 63' had the same outcome.
Antoine Griezmann's recital of failure continued within the sixty fifth minute when, from a superb mixture of the “tricolors”, Kante “served” the ball to him in a taking pictures place, however the Atletico Madrid striker made a nasty end and couldn’t beat the Verbruchen. Within the 69th minute, the Dutch, not their first organized assault within the second 45 minutes, discovered the web with a shot by Simmons after a time period within the French field (and a save by Meignan within the first place by Depay), however first assistant Gary Berwick canceled the objective as offside .
The English assistant confirmed how Dumfries (who was uncovered) was influencing the state of affairs as he didn’t permit the France goalkeeper to make a transfer in the direction of the ball which went previous the Dutch full-back. A choice that was additionally confirmed by Stuart Atwell's VAR management and the objective didn’t depend.
NETHERLANDS (Ronald Koeman): Verbruchen, Dumfries, De Frei, Van Dijk, Ake, Souten (73' Weermann), Simmons (73' Wijnaldum), Raiders, Fribong (73' Hertruida), Depay (79' Wehorst), Hakpo.
FRANCE (Didier Deschamps): Menian, Couté, Upamecano, Saliba, Hernandez, Tswameni, Kante, Rabiot, Dembele (85' Coman), Touram (75' Giroud), Griezmann.
