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Scored: Van de Beek (47) – Channels (18)
Since Ronald Koeman unexpectedly stepped down as head coach of the Dutch national team to go on to lead Barcelona, Oranje has been struggling to find victory. New captain Frank de Boer has yet to find a way for the Netherlands to regain top form with his predecessor. In the last two UEFA Nations League matches, he was captured by Bosnia in the scoreless battle (0-0) and drew 1-1 against Italy.
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The slowdown in public goods is a problem that makes Coach De Boer a headache. Before the friendly match with Spain, the Netherlands played 5 matches and scored an integrity … 2 goals. Meanwhile, Spain is playing very well defensively: keeping the last 5/7 games clean.
In terms of form, La Roja won the last 11/15 matches (they lost just 1 to Ukraine last October in the UEFA Nations League). Of course, in a friendly match, no matter how large a “green army” is, the testing factor from staff to game is unavoidable.
With Spain, the characteristics of a friendly match are fully exploited when coach Luis Enrique gives a series of new faces. Standing in the wooden frame is Unai Simon, the 23-year-old goalkeeper from Bilbao who has never played for the national team before. In defense outside José Gaya (Valencia) and Íñigo Martínez (Bilbao) more or less familiar (both have more than 10 games with the national team, which only loses to Sergio Ramos in defense at this concentration), Bellerin or Eric García they are considered new at the national team level.
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| Spain exit list |
In which Bellerin is always Arsenal’s top right-back, but after more than 4 years he was called back to the national team, but partly because the old general Jesús Navas was injured, not because of professional problems. And Eric Garic is a young emerging midfielder (born 2001) from City.
In the center of the field, along with Rodri (Man City) vs Koke (Atlético de Madrid, absent from the October match due to injury) there is a rather strange Channel. In fact, the player born in 1991 was once considered a prodigy and had time for Real Madrid, but until a few years ago, Canales had … matured a bit when he dressed Real Betis.
In attack, forward Morata also returned to the national team after failing to appear in October. Joining Morata are Marco Asensio, the 1996 midfielder stuck at Real Madrid, and Gerard Moreno, the 28-year-old forward with few appearances at La Roja.
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| Dutch start list |
On the Dutch side, it seems that coach Frank De Boer launched a less experimental team when there were many important pillars of Oranje at this time, such as Veltman, Hateboer (defense); Wijnaldum, Frenkie De Jong (middle line) or Luuk De Jong, Memphis Depay on the attack.
Thus, the test only appears in a few positions, such as Marco Bizot (AZ Alkmaar), standing on the wooden frame, the 29-year-old goalkeeper who has not had the national team jersey before. In the left-back position is 20-year-old Owen Wijndal, Bizot’s teammate at AZ Alkmaar. Or in midfield, a Donny van de Beek is “drowning” because the expectation is too great not to be fulfilled at Old Trafford and he has the opportunity to prove himself when he returns to the national team.
Despite having to be a guest and use a less experimental lineup than the opponent’s as discussed above, Spain got off to a better start. The ball regularly heads to Morata’s spearhead position and the Dutch defense has to fight quite hard. Not only that, they soon suffered losses when Nathan Ake (Man City) had to leave the field just after 6 minutes due to injury and old general Daley Blind (once in the MU jersey) was replaced.
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| Canales scored his first goal with the Spanish team shirt |
In the 8th minute, Gerard Moreno turned the ball to eliminate Veltman at 16.50 and launched a stretch, but the ball hit the crossbar. And then, in the 18th minute, Spain made the lead by a goal. Morata made a simple slit for Canales to escape quietly, coldly defeating Bizot face to face to score his first goal with the national jersey.
Immediately afterwards, the Netherlands had the first significant opportunity in the match when Luuk De Jong quickly finished a touch in the 16m50 area under tension, but the ball went straight to the position of goalkeeper Simon. In the 28th minute, it was Spain’s turn to change people due to injury when José Gaya could not continue playing and Reguilón, the Tottenham defender, took his place.
In the 34th minute, Canales responded to Morata, but Bizot’s goalkeeper played well to save the Netherlands and Blind intervened to prevent Asensio from kicking. In general, until the end of the first half, Spain was still in control of the game and, as in the last matches where De Boer replaced Koeman, the Netherlands played quite disorganized and poor in identity.
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| Van de Beek tied for the Netherlands at the start of the second half |
Immediately after the break, Coach De Boer replaced 4 positions on the field (in the official friendlies on FIFA Day, each team can replace 6 people). That decision quickly came into play despite the fact that the tie was created by two players early on.
In the 47th minute, Wijndal made a poor cross from the right wing and the ball went to Van de Beek’s position. Unaccompanied by anyone, the “disgraced” midfielder in MU captured the powerful volley, defeating Unai Simon. Although there was a goal and a remarkable recovery, the Dutch were still unable to balance the match with Spain.
Morata continues to be the focus of La Roja’s attack. The Juventus striker makes a great effort, creating opportunities for himself and giving his teammates a more favorable position. For example, in the 60th minute Morata was involved in a threatening situation where Koke should have scored a goal, but the midfielder’s shot went over the crossbar as Bizot’s goalkeeper rushed to block.
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| Holland played better in the second half, but only scored 1 goal |
In the 61st minute, coach Luis Enrique resumed the attack when he was completely transfused. The youngest Dani Olmo, Adama Traore and Ferran Torres were brought. In the 66th minute, “bull” Traore had a good opportunity to eat from his teammates, but he finished too well, not according to the body of the protector, so the rival goalkeeper easily resumed.
In the 69th minute, Dumfries escaped speed on the right wing in an instant and stretched for Memphis Depay. The captain “Orange Tornado” was very calm, but so the element of surprise was over and the end became more predictable for goalkeeper Simon.
In the 72nd minute, midfielder Marcos Llorente (matured from the Real Madrid training center but became famous at … Atlético de Madrid) made his La Roja debut when he was replaced by Canales. In minute 77, another opportunity came for Depay, but it was much more difficult than the previous situation, so it was inevitable that Simon would be “trapped”.
In the 88th minute, Daley Blind crashed a precise ball into the 16m50 area for Donny Van de Beek to subtly handle to give Babel a chance to shoot, but the ball passed over a Spanish player and went flying. The game didn’t have extra minutes either and the 1-1 draw was clearly “fun for all the people” because in a friendly match nobody wanted to lose anyway.
TEAM
HÀ LAN XI: Marco Bizot; Hans Hateboer (Dumfries 46 ‘), Joel Veltman, Nathan Ake (Daley Blind), Owen Wijndal; Georginio Wijnaldum (Klaassen 46 ‘), Donny van de Beek, Frenkie de Jong (De Vrij 46’); Steven Berghuis (Stengs 46 ‘), Luuk de Jong, Memphis Depay (Babel 79’).
SPAIN XI: Unai Simon; Hector Bellerin, Eric Garcia, Inigo Martinez (Sergio Ramos 85 ‘), Jose Gaya (Reguilon 28’); Marco Asensio (Adama Traore 62 ‘), Rodrigo, Koke, Sergio Canales (Marcos Llorente 72’); Alvaro Morata (Daniel Olmo 62 ‘), Gerard Moreno (Ferran Torres 61’).
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