The Netherlands will be in the round of 16 of the Eurocup as the first classified in group C. Those of Frank de Boer, who beat North Macedonia 0-3, will be accompanied by Austria , who beat Ukraine 0-1 and conclude this phase as second. The third-ranked Ukrainians will have to wait to see if they advance among the third-best.
The team led by Frank de Boer wanted to pay tribute before the start of the game to the great Goran Pandev , who hangs up his boots after the final whistle. The Dutch coach did not save anything and came out with everything to try to take the victory and close the group stage with full victories.
After ten minutes they took the scare with a goal from Trickovski after a good assist from Pandev , but it was canceled for offside. Soon Trajkovski crashed a ball into the post and immediately afterwards came the goal from the Dutch. It was the work of the new Barcelona footballer Memphis Depay , who culminated a superb play that he mounted with Malen .
The Dutch continued to dominate and Memphis Depay and company were around the second, but they always opposed or the back of North Macedonia or their goalkeeper avoided any attempt. In the second half they could not stop Wijnaldum , who sent a death pass to the back of the net that Depay gave to what could have been his teammate in Barcelona but who finally chose PSG.
Minutes later Wijnaldum was wet again. The midfielder scored on the rebound, but the previous play was praiseworthy. Magician pass from Malen to Depay , who misses his shot and the new PSG footballer only had to push the rebound. There could have been more goals, but the match ended 3-0 despite a ball hitting the crossbar that Weghorst crashed. The highlight of the last minutes, the emotional farewell to Pandev when he was substituted.
Alaba leads Austria
At the same time the match was being played in which something was at stake, Ukraine-Austria. Arnautovic returned to the eleven of the Austrians after serving his penalty game for alleged racist insults. A draw was worth both teams, but it would be the Ukrainians who would be second and for that reason the team led by David Alaba took the initiative because they did not want to play it as third.
And from David Alaba’s feet came the Austrians’ first goal. The new Real Madrid footballer took a corner in which he found Baumgartner to send the ball to the back of the net. Maximum joy in the Austrian team and now Ukraine had to react, but Franco Foda’s men continued to dominate and be superior.
Ukraine went into the second half a little more plugged, but the minutes passed and the tying goal did not come. The final whistle sounded and the match came to an end with a 0-1 score in favor of the Austrians, who will be in the second round in the second round. Ukraine will have to wait for the results of the other groups.
