The Netherlands takes the lead against a combative Portugal

Netherlands reached this Wednesday the leadership of group C of the Euro 2022 after beating a combative 3-2 by a tight Portugal. The defending champion is now tied on four points with Sweden and the Dutch occupy the first place for having one more goal in favor. Both teams will have enough with a tie on the last day to obtain the ticket for the quarterfinals, although everything is open in this group since there could be up to a quadruple final tie if Portugal y Swisswho add a point in their locker, win their respective games this coming Sunday.

Despite the promising start of Portugalwith a disallowed goal Anna Borges in the 5th minute due to a previous offside by Jessica Silva, Netherlands It didn’t take long for him to begin to impose his superiority with a goal in the 7th minute from the Lyon player Damaris Egurrola. The former of Athletic Clubborn in Orlando (USA) and who came to play a friendly with the absolute spanish team against Cameroon to end up renouncing the Red team, headed unopposed a corner taken by the captain pointed.

The Dutch, without their lead Vivianne Miedema, down by Covid for this game, they were able to immediately increase the score, but the strong shot from Beerensteyn was repelled by the goalkeeper Pereira with an excellent speech. Again in another action originating from a corner kick, Netherlands increased his lead on the scoreboard with a header from the central defender Van der Gragtwho in his shot was kicked in the face by Amado which made him bleed from the nose and needed assistance to follow the field of play. The indecision of Portugal on set pieces he made the game very uphill for him.

However, those of Francis Net closed the gap with a penalty WAS. Janssen swept into the area Diana Silva and the Croatian collegiate Ivana Martincicafter consulting the field monitor in a decision that became ‘eternal’, decreed a maximum penalty in which the defense Carole Costa totally fooled Van Domselaar, captain’s relay Van Veenendaalwho has said goodbye to the European Championship due to a shoulder injury suffered in the previous match against Sweden. The goal put the Portuguese team in the game when things looked worse for their interests.

Portugal started the second half with a great opportunity to Tatiana Pintoplayer of Raise UD Women, which was not a goal by very little. Seconds later, those of Francisco Neto equalized with a header from Diana Silva the center of Carole Costa. The Portuguese thus equalized another 2-0 adverse, as already happened in their debut in the Euro against Swiss.

Netherlands replied just two minutes later, with a goal from Roord which was annulled by Ivana Martincic after checking it out with the WAS. An offside of millimeters of Beerensteyn which caused a monumental disappointment in some Dutch women who soon regained their smile with an impressive whiplash from outside the goal area Van de DonkLyon footballer, who entered the squad after an assist from the exculé Lieke Martens.

With the 3-2, those of Mark Parsons They tried to sleep the match before a Portugal that was no longer as threatening as at the start of the second half, but that, despite the defeat, is still alive in this Euro.

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