An excellent Netherlands beat Romania without too many problems with a score of 3-0 and reached the quarter-finals of the European football championships. The goals of Gakpo and Malen, who scored a brace, were decisive .

Game without history at the Allianz Arena in Munich. After just 20' the oranges pass with the usual Gakpo, with his third goal of Euro 2024, top scorer together with the German Musiala, the Georgian Mikautadze and the Slovakian Schranz. The Liverpool striker receives the ball and blasts the Romanian goalkeeper with a great shot.

The Netherlands dominates and in the first half creates two other clear scoring opportunities, both missed from excellent positions by De Vrij and Simons.

In the second half, after a post from Van Dijk, Gakpo scores again but the goal is disallowed for offside. But the doubling was only postponed, in the 83rd minute it came from Malen. But once again the Liverpool striker is the great protagonist, number on the left and ball in the center for Malen who can't make a mistake. At the end there was also time for the third goal, again scored by Malen with an assist from Simons.

In the quarterfinals, Turkey will challenge the Netherlands who won 2-1 against Austria tonight in Leipzig with Merih Demiral's magical (decisive) double. The defender broke the deadlock in the match from the first minute, scoring the decisive goals for the great victory. Austria fought until the end, managing to bring home a goal from Gregoritsch in the 66th minute. But the equalizer did not arrive.

Vincenzo Montella's team, the last Italian coach remaining in Germany, will face the Orange team on Saturday in Berlin. Today was a very different match to the friendly that Austria won 6-1 in March. Turkey took advantage of that defeat and, not without difficulty, took its revenge.

(Unioneonline/Lv.f.)

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