Mighty Netherlands! German Goalkeeper Breakdown Four Goals in the Second Round

The Netherlands climbed to third in the standings after a 4-2 win over Germany on Saturday (7/9) in Hamburg. Surprisingly, four goals occurred in the second half.

It seems that De Oranje will lose again at the hands of Die Mannschaft in the 2020 European Cup qualifying match on Saturday (7/9) after losing 1-0 at the end of the first round. But four goals in the second half of the match in Hamburg turned the match situation into a Dutch advantage.

Serge Gnabry from Bayern Munich opened the scoring with a pretty quick goal in the ninth minute. Score 1-0 last until the end of the first round. But as soon as the second half began, Frenkie de Jong of Barcelona killed Jonathan Tah, and two goals in the last 10 minutes through Donyell Malen and Georginio Wijnaldum ended the match 4-2 for De Oranje. Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos scored a consolation goal midway through the second half.
Germany defeated the Netherlands with a last minute goal

The same mistake tortured the German national team last night. Joachim Loew's team began their qualification competition for the European Cup, a few months ago, with a 3-2 win over the Netherlands, but they needed a goal in the final minutes after letting Ronald Koeman's boys level the two-goal lead.


This shows that the factors that made them fail at the 2018 World Cup did not disappear with the withdrawal of Thomas Mueller, Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng. Coach Joachim Low is very pleased with the results of the 2020 European Cup qualifiers in Amsterdam in March, but he will be fully aware that his team can no longer be ignored.

"A win in the Netherlands is a very good way to start this qualification, but we can also see that we still have some work to maintain that advantage," Goal.com told reporters at a press conference after the press conference. Party in Hamburg. Last night
Germany believes in a counterattack, letting the Netherlands dominate the ball

In the first half, Germany looked happy playing defending and letting the Dutch keep the ball. Die Mannschaft likes to fight back through Timo Werner and Serge Gnabry. The visitors fought with one shot in the first half, but Manuel Neuer was forced to sweat to resist the Memphis Depay attack.

Low's tactical plan seemed successful during the first 45 minutes, with four shots on target even though he only had a 36 percent ball domain. This happened thanks to the lightning counterattack from the front and side. A brilliant pass from Joshua Kimmich reached Luke Klostermann, who then broke into it, but his weak shot was deflected by Jasper Cillessen to the front lines again Serge Gnabry. His goal made a total of eight goals in nine matches for Germany.

But the situation changed completely in the second round. The careless German bottom line and Jonathan Tah's mistakes completely changed the game for the benefit of Oranje with four goals. Two at the beginning and two at the end of the second half. Final score 4-2 to win Virgil Van Dijk and his friends.

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