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66 percent possession and 23 shots. This statistic shows how one-sided the match was. The Netherlands gave such a powerful football today against Romania in the last sixteen of the Euro. Netherlands could have scored at least 6-7 goals in this match if Romania’s defense and goalkeeper did not stand in the way.

Even if that is not the case, the Dutch have confirmed their ticket to the last eight with a 3-0 victory. The winner of the Austria-Türkiye match will face the Dutch in the last eight tonight. Daniel Mallen scored a brace in the Dutch win in Munich today. Cody Gakpo scored the other goal for the team. Gakpo also assisted in Malen’s first goal.

It was a different start to the match at Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena. Both teams played attacking football early on. In the 6th minute, the shot of the Netherlands star Javi Simmons was directly deposited in the goalkeeper’s hands. After 8 minutes, Romania tested the Dutch defense with a great attack. Even if there was no goal, the first 10 minutes gave glimpses of a thrilling match between the two teams. But of the two teams, Romania was the more dynamic early on. They also put a lot of pressure on the Dutch defense with great pressing.

In the 14th minute, Romania came very close to scoring twice in quick succession with a brilliant attack, though narrowly missed. In contrast to Romania’s attacking football, the Netherlands try to play a bit more cautiously. The Dutch also tried to attack by slowing down Romania’s passing football. In one such attack, Cody Gakpo put the Netherlands ahead in the 20th minute of the match. The Liverpool star scored a great finish on the left side of the box after avoiding the trap of two Romanian players. It was Gakpo’s third goal in this year’s Euro.

However, Romania was not defeated by the goal. They try to continue the attack. However, after receiving the goal, the Netherlands became energized and quickly took control of the match. They stormed the Romanian defense at this time. The Netherlands narrowly missed a second goal in the 26th minute. Stefan de Vrij’s header goes narrowly wide of the post.

After that, the second goal was not obtained by the Netherlands after shaking the Romanian defense several times with a great attack. Denzil Dumfries was the biggest threat for Romania from the right flank. Romania’s defense was struggling to stop him. Xavi squandered a golden opportunity in the 44th minute. Romania created a great chance in first-half stoppage time, but couldn’t find the goal they wanted. The Netherlands went into the break from the front.

As in the first half, Romania was in control of the match for a few minutes at the beginning of the second half. But even this time they could not keep that control for long. The Netherlands tried to threaten Romania with several quick attacks. But they didn’t get a goal either. In the 54th minute, Romania denied the Netherlands with a great defense. In the 58th minute, Virgil von Dijk’s header from a corner hit the post.

In the 62nd minute, Gakpo rushed to the ball with incredible speed and took a shot. But this time Romanian goalkeeper Florin Nita’s faithful hand saved the team. A little later from the corner, however, Gakpo got the second goal right. But the goal was disallowed due to offside after VAR verification.

In the 68th minute, Memphis Depay’s shot from a free-kick hit the post and the Netherlands missed again. Although Romania created some threats on the counter-attack, the Dutch were completely in control of the match at this point. Daniel Mallen scored the second goal of the match for the Netherlands with the help of Gakpo in the 83rd minute. In added time, Malen made it 3-0 to give the Netherlands a big win.