EURO 2024, Poland 1-2 Netherlands: Substitute becomes hero, fuels 'Orange storm'

* PRE-MATCH PREDICTIONS

The Netherlands team brings to the EURO 2024 finals in Germany with young faces such as Jeremie Frimpong, Xavi Simon, Joshua Zirkzee, combined with the seniors Virgil Van Dijk, Depay, Gakpo promising to "fly high". The first task of coach Ronald Koeman and his team is to "deal with" the Polish team before conquering the French and Austrian teams.

Virgil Van Dijk (right) and the Netherlands team will cause trouble for goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and the Poland team.

Virgil Van Dijk and the Netherlands team are unbeaten against Poland in the last 5 encounters (4 wins, 1 draw). The performance of coach Ronald Koeman's students is also impressive when they won 4 out of the last 5 matches and all with "destructive" scores against Iceland (4-0), Canada (4-0), Scotland (4-0), Gibraltar (6-0). Therefore, there is hardly any reason to stop the "Orange Storm" of the Netherlands against the "White Eagles" of Poland.

Despite being underestimated, the Polish team also had impressive results ahead of EURO 2024 when they were unbeaten in the last 5 matches (4 wins, 1 draw). However, the opponents that this team chose to warm up such as Latvia, Türkiye, Estonia, Ukraine were not strong. Adding to the disadvantage for the Polish team was that veteran striker Robert Lewandowski could not play in the match against the Netherlands due to injury.

Gakpo is a dangerous striker in the Dutch national team's attack, promising to shine when facing the Polish national team.

With the difference in power, there are too few opportunities for the Polish team against the Netherlands. Fans of the White Eagles expect each individual player of this team to "burn" themselves out when given the opportunity to play and if there is more luck to accompany them, they will create a surprise for the Netherlands team. Meanwhile, the goal that Virgil Van Dijk and the Netherlands team set is to win all 3 points against their opponents.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vck-euro-2024-ba-lan-ha-lan-dai-bang-trang-kho-can-con-loc-da-cam-185240616164643872.htm