Austria produced a stunning performance to win a see-saw game against the Netherlands 3-2 to see the Dutch slide from first in Group D to third.
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Ralf Rangnick’s men were worthy winners in the baking Berlin sun with a performance high on energy and invention.
Donyell Malen turned into his own net early on to put Austria ahead and though Cody Gakpo curled the leveller seconds after the interval, Romano Schmid’s diving header restored the lead 12 minutes later.
Memphis Depay’s classy touch and finish six minutes later set up a grandstand finale but it was Austria who won it on 86 minutes when Marcel Sabitzer strolled through to lash the winner and send his side through to the Round of 16 as Group D winners.
With France’s draw against Poland, the Netherlands had to settle for limping into the knockout stages in third place, 36 years to the day since they won the European Championships on German soil.
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Electric Austrians punish sluggish Dutch
Ralf Rangnick made four changed in a bid to freshen up his side and it paid dividends as they looked far more sprightly than their opponents, despite the 28c temperature in the Olympiastadion.
Austria made a fast start and a cross from the left from the recalled Alexander Prass evaded everyone, with Schmid turning down the chance of a first-time shot at the far post.
It was Prass who laid-on the opening goal on six minutes as he collected a pass from Marko Arnautovic and tried to fizz a low cross back in from the left, only for the backtracking Malen to slide and inadvertently poke the ball past Bart Verbruggen at his near post.
The Dutch should have been level on 14 minutes when Gakpo squared the ball across the box and Tijjani Reijnders allowed the ball to roll across his body but could only…
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Publish date : 2024-06-25 17:55:31
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