Disappointed in her image Netherlands in the first games of the 2nd group of the Euro 2024 qualifiers in which Greece also participates, appeared Ronald Koeman.
Can the Netherlands beat Gibraltar 3-0 in “De Cape”leaving behind the 4-0 defeat by France, but the Oranie coach was not at all happy with what he saw in both matches:
“It is no exaggeration to say that I am shocked by the team’s performance. We may have won, but I’m not satisfied with what I saw. We have to improve immediately, otherwise we will have big problems in the qualifiers. I am disappointed and we have to work hard to change the image of the team. The team may have had many problems and absences due to the virus, but it is no excuse for such performancessaid the Dutch coach initially.
Also, the Cuman speaking about the game with the competitively weak, Gibraltar, he also referred to the frivolity of his players, in the final effort.
“I didn’t see enough goals tonight. The opposition obviously didn’t cooperate, but we were too casual at times. From the start we lacked precision and couldn’t create big, good chances.
There were a lot of our shots that were blocked by the opposition, but if we were more accurate, we could have scored more goals. Neither our game nor the result against France was good. Now we got the win but that was logical. All in all, we did little.
Areas of the game such as our positioning, the movement of the ball, will have to improve. The level of football we play should rise” were the words of the 60-year-old technician.
With the victory against Gibraltar the Netherlands “caught” her Hellas on three points with a game less in 2nd place, behind the France who made “2 out of 2” and is in 1st place with six points.
Edited by: Christos Lois
Source: Sport Fm
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