Now that the Orange Lionesses after Friday’s German suit know that the gap with the world top has not gotten smaller, they received a visit from an interesting opponent in Tilburg
After all, Scotland, in terms of game conception of Wales, the first and weakest opponent in the Netherlands will soon resemble the European Championship. Orange had a striking amount of trouble with the number 24 of the FIFA ranking.
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That the Dutch women had so much trouble with the Scottish women, makes you think. The British team had lost the previous six duels and is absent at the European Championship in Switzerland. Wales, the number 31 in the world, is there.
That competition, on July 5 in Lucerne, must have won by Jonker and his colleagues, because then two strength tests wait: England and France. The ‘British general rehearsal’, without the strikers Vivianne Miedema and Lineth Beerensteyn, promises little good.
Five changes compared to ‘Bremen’
Jonker had changed his attitude towards the German ‘Putsch’ at no less than five positions. Daphne Domselaar, Fit again, took over the place in the goal of Lize Kop. The center of the Defense (Dominique Janssen and Veerle Buurman) was also replaced: Sherida Spitse and Caitlin Dijkstra were given the opportunity to get into the spotlight, while Daniëlle van de Donk and Victoria Pelova took the positions of attacker Chasity Grant and midfielder Egurrola.
National coach Andries Jonker. Credit ANP/HH
The Scots, good for six defeats in a row, had a stronger team than three months ago, when Hampden Park narrowly lost to the Orange: 1-2. Erin Cuthbert, one of the star players of the English Treble-Winner Chelsea, was missing on that February found, but gave the presence in Tilburg.
Jill Roord shoots resit in the ropes: 1-0
With the long injured Pelova back in the base, a lump of ingenuity returned to midfield. The Arsenal player sent Wingback Christmas in Casvarij with a delicate pass free on the right flank and suddenly it was teeming with the free orange shirts in the Scottish penalty area. Romée Leuchter and Jill Roord saw their shots turned, but the second attempt by Roord from a watched ball by Van de Donk disappeared hard and high in the ropes: 1-0.
The lionesses kept the initiative and Roord was close to the 2-0. But not much later, the ball suddenly lay behind Van Domselaar in the net: Kathleen McGovern simply ran out of Sherida Spitse back and promoted a cross from Emma Lawton to the equalizer: 1-1. A dramatic rubber staircase from Dijkstra preceded the goal.
Weak switch Achilleshiel Leeuwinnen
Even the poor Scotland managed to beat the Dutch national team in the switch, as the big Germany had occurred in Bremen four days earlier. It has become the big Achilles heel of the lionesses, who started playing more and more carelessly as the first half progressed.
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The guests even got a huge chance of the 1-2 and again a switch was preceded: Roord let Cuthbert throw the ball around the center line and in a split second the blue engine runs at full speed but shot Mia Mcauly to relieve the 8200 Orange fans in the past.
Scots penetrate
The Scots saw two more goal attempts shaving and dictated the game in a while. The level of the lionesses had since dropped into a mandatory game of summer evening football. Spitse, Van de Donk and Casvarij were changed for Dominique Janssen, Chasity Grant and Lynn Wilms.
When the guests started to breathe in the final phase, there was actually a flashy orange attack, but roord shot centimeters next to the goal of Lee Gibson. Scotland even got four dots of opportunities on the victory, but Domselaar showed himself an obstacle, while Martha Thomas just left.