Wednesday, 01.07.2026
Nederland boekte uiteindelijk een overtuigende 3-1-overwinning op Tunesië. Tegen een tegenstander die vrijwel de hele wedstrijd vanuit een laag 5-4-1 verdedigde, had Oranje voortdurend controle over het balbezit en het tempo. Toch kwamen ook in deze wedstrijd opnieuw enkele structurele kwetsbaarheden aan het licht. Tegen Tunesië bleven die grotendeels onbestraft, maar tegen sterkere tegenstanders kunnen ze een veel grotere rol gaan spelen.
Nederland deed tegen Zweden veel beter dan tegen Japan. Toch blijven er twijfels bestaan. Een analyse.
De twee favorieten van de groep stonden tegenover elkaar. “Dat regelen we wel in de andere wedstrijden” had zomaar het motto van beide ploegen kunnen zijn.
England wins the U21 European Championship final against Germany 3-2. After just 20 minutes, England leads 2-0. This aspect analysis focuses on the reasons behind the German attacking press’s lack of access to England’s build-up play.
The use of simple hammers dates back millions of years ago according to the discovery made in 2012 by Sonia Harmand and Jason Lewis of Stony Brook University. Various shaped stones were used to break down bigger stones, wood or bones.
A magician not pulling a trick in-front of thousands of spectators doesn’t mean the failure of the magic trick. Behind any magic trick, hours and hours of creativity are followed by more hours of practice. Alone in his room, a magician might perform the trick seamlessly without any interruptions but circumstances on the day of the show can result in the trick not coming off as intended.
In a parallel timeline, Timo Werner scores his chance and Germany are through to the Quarterfinals. Gareth Southgate is ridiculed, and England are once again out of a major competition.
There’s more than one way to the heart. Different approaches work with different people. Scientifically speaking, there is more than one way to the heart. Veins, which are blood vessels that carry blood towards the heart, fill our human body. Their amount? Numerous. All of them lead to heart. Football is the same. Different approaches work against different teams.
CONCACAF’s inaugural Nations League group stage pitted neighbors USA and Canada against each other in competition for just the second time this decade, with Canada seizing the opportunity in Toronto as the United States failed to impose their style onto the match.
About nine months ahead of Euro 2020, the German team still finds itself in an identification stage. Head coach Joachim Löw has to deal with a torrent of cancellations and at the same time fights on numerous fronts. The 59 year old is not free of fault when it comes to the team’s roller coaster ride.
