Robin Perrie samples the atmosphere in Essen ahead of Euro 2024 opener
MANCHESTER UNITED flop Wout Weghorst spared Dutch blushes - with the sort of impact he could only have dreamed of providing.after failing to make much of an impact at Old Trafford, was Ronald Koeman’s emergency option after the Oranje looked to have run out of ideas.And with his very first touch - and just seven minutes left in an increasingly nervy Volksparkstadion in Hamburg - Weghorst came up with the magic moment to take the points.
Despite going a goal down from a sucker punch set-piece, as Adam Buksa somehow managed to elude four navy-shirted markers to find the back of the net, the Dutch dominated most of the game.looked shaky at times, Verbruggen was called into action more than Koeman would have wanted and when Poland did push they exposed raw nerves.
Even after Cody Gakpo’s deflected effort put them back on terms before the half-hour mark, the longer it went on the more that failure to take their openings looked likely to frustrate them. Depay’s brilliant white headband only served to exacerbate the limitations of his display as he became increasingly angst-ridden.
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