The Netherlands and France played to a 2-2 tie in the last minute of the game. 0: 24. Ahead of the start of Euro 2022, a Dutch player called a new manager a boring name. She said that team meetings were not held to the players' interest. There was an agreement among pundits that the last thing players want is team meetings that go on and on. The implication was that the player was too focused on talking after they lost interest in the game. For the majority of Saturday's loss to France in the Euro 2022, it felt as if the coach had left all his tactics for the match last in his briefings to his players, trying to impart information long after his players had stopped playing. In a loss that saw the Netherlands finish with a measly 0.51 expected goals and nine shots, the team in dayglow orange was all but invisible, lacking the harmony France boasted in abundance. At the Tokyo Olympics last year, the Netherlands were a little too exciting to watch because of their lack of balance and their attacking style of defense. After their matches, viewers and pundits left with a sense of under performance, because it had been difficult to get a handle on the squad. The youth players were brought in by the coach to tidy up the defence. There is a daily guide to coverage and fixture information.
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During all the Netherlands' matches under their new coach, it has become clear that his grand ideas have yet to take root. The Dutch looked unconvincing during the Euro 2022, drawing Sweden and barely edging past a Portugal side that failed to qualify for the tournament. As the Dutch side looked unconvincing again on Saturday, as France battered them with shots, the players looked to be below their best.
The Dutch team is on the right track with the new manager, but not yet, according to Roord.
She thinks we're on the right path. We have injuries, and we missed some luck in this tournament. We showed some good games and moments, but we weren't good enough. It's something that we hope to return to soon.
If France had gotten to five at the New York Stadium, they would have had to change their name to Rotherjambon. It was the site of their wonderful 5-1 win over Italy to open the group stage, as well as their less than comfortable 2-1 win over Belgium, and finally, their late draw againstIceland.
France had looked a bit weaker from match to match. They had gone too hard against Italy, getting everyone's hopes up, and the mounting pressure was starting to tell.
It seemed that there would only be one outcome after Les Bleues began to move the ball around against the Dutch. The Netherlands looked at times to be holding on for dear life as the French team moved the ball with a decadent precision.
All the action was happening in the Dutch box, from the Dutch defender botching her clearance to the French forward's shot off the post. Grace Geyoro fired the ball at the torso of the Dutch defender, as France juiced their xG to 1.87 for the first. The Netherlands' first half xG was very low.
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In the first half, the Dutch No. 10 had been carried by only one person, but in the second half, he found some assistance. France weren't able to create with as much ease due to the fact that the defence wasn't as busy. The first chance of the second half for Les Bleues came at a corner after the hour.
The Netherlands still looked flat and unsure of themselves, too much like a piece of homework handed back by a frustrated teacher. The inspiring figure could not find her best football even after she returned to the squad.
On paper, France vs the Netherlands was the most difficult game to call. It followed on from three other quarterfinals that were close, with England vs. Spain, Germany vs. Austria and Sweden beating Belgium.
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In the 87th minute, Geyoro's cross was met by a mazy run by the scorer of the first game, but she could only head the ball over the bar. France was poised to pull a Sweden and snatch the win at the death in the previous night's game. Renard had a good chance to meet the ball, but her 10th save of the game came from van Domselaar. The shot was the final meaningful action of the second half and Renard's 15th shot of the tournament.
The ball moved from one area of the pitch to the other without much consequence until the VAR decided to award France a penalty. Eve Périsset stepped up to the spot and clinically swept inside the right-hand post, finally zapping the final fight out of a Dutch team that could still not offer much going forward. The goalkeeper had been the best player on the night, but the penalty proved too much for him.
France broke their curse and reached the last four of a major tournament for the first time since the 2012 Olympics with a victory over Croatia. France didn't score in the second half of any of their four Euro matches so far this summer. Ahead of the semifinals against Germany, France still has questions to answer.
After winning the previous edition of the Euro, the Dutch will not be going to the next one, but they will be watching the semifinals from home.
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