“The football players in the Netherlands play in the largest competitions in Europe,” he said at a press conference. “But they too make mistakes. Only they don’t make those mistakes automatically. They make those mistakes when we put them in trouble. We will especially have to fight if we don’t have the ball.”
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Lithuania played a draw last Thursday against Malta (1-1), who lost 8-0 to 8-0 to Oranje three months ago. “It may sound a bit crazy if you look at the results of that game,” said the former player of Real Sociedad, Benfica, FC Porto and OGC Nice. “But Malta also showed in that game that you get opportunities against the Netherlands. They were given room to play their own game and did it very nicely.”
The Netherlands defends the lead in the group from 6 pm. Orange has 7 points, just like Poland and Finland who meet on Sunday evening. The Netherlands has played a duel less and a much better goal difference than both competitors. With an equal stand in the group, the goal difference is decisive.