The Netherlands knot continues on Italian soil after a positive draw with Italy with a goal for each at the top of the fourth round of the Euro 2020 qualifiers
The (Atlétis Azzurri de Italia) stadium hosts the upcoming confrontation between Italy and the Netherlands, Italy that won against the Netherlands to go to the (Amsterdam Arena) with a free-of-charge goal seeking to renew its victory to maintain the top of the group while the Netherlands hopes the Polish team will stumble and win over Italy to lead the first group.
History of confrontations between the Italian and Dutch teams
The two teams face to face in (15) matches, Italy beats the Netherlands with (7) matches, while the Netherlands has won (3) only times in the history of the confrontations, while the two teams have tied on (5) occasions.
The biggest victory for the Netherlands was 3-0 over the Italians in the 2008 European Nations Qualifiers. As for the Italian team, it was their biggest victory over the Netherlands by three goals against one goal in a friendly match that brought them together.
An overview of the teams' journey in the tournament
The Netherlands started its tournament with a modest victory over Poland with a free goal in the first round in the first group competitions, to lose the second round at the hands of Italy with a goal without response, and in the third round it fell into a negative draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
As for Italy, it tied positively with Bosnia and Herzegovina with a goal for each of them in the first round, for you to win in the second round at the expense of the Netherlands with a free goal, and in the third round Italy stumbled and tied negatively with Poland.
The elected position in the pre-match group
Italy tops the table with (5) points, one point behind second-placed Poland, while the Netherlands ranks third with (4) points on goal difference from Poland, leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina at the bottom of the standings with only two points.
the summary of the match
Events and events of the first half
The start whistle blows and the first ten minutes were called caution on both sides, but it turned out to be the calm before the storm, after a beautiful pass from (Barilla) with which the Dutch defense hit the ball to reach the feet of (Pellegrini), scoring the first goal for Italy in the 16th minute.
The goal of putting the Dutch national team in a difficult position to increase Italy's pressure with several attempts, the Dutch goalkeeper (Celsen) was alert to it.
Then the Dutch woke up from their slumber and had what they wanted after a cross from (Danny Blind) accompanied by a defensive trail from the Italians, which was used by (Van de Beek) to put it in the range of the Italian goalkeeper (Donnarumma) in the 25th minute, averaging the result for his team.
After the equalizer, the two teams tried to reach the opponent's goal, the last of which was a shot by (D'Ambrosio), which was deflected by (Celsen) brilliantly, to end the first half with a positive draw.
Summary of the second half of the match
The Netherlands starts the second half strongly with several attempts to turn the tables on the Italian, where the 55th minute saw a dangerous opportunity for (Memphis Depay), but (Donnarumma) confronted it brilliantly.
Just two minutes later, a fatal Dutch defensive mistake puts Imobili face to face with (Celsen), but the latter's ingenuity prevented him from adding the second goal to his team.
A ball here and a ball there, a mutual possession, sometimes Italian and sometimes Dutch, was characterized by caution from both teams, with some shy attempts without any seriousness until the 90th minute, to end the second half with a tie between Italy and the Netherlands with a goal for each, a tie in the interest of Poland to sit on the throne of the lead. The second game was called No Loss.
