Holland and France promised a lot, but the only thing they brought with them was the first 0:0 in the Euros

The two favorites of Group D, the Netherlands and France, met at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig and each wanted to secure the ticket to the round of 16 of Euro 2024. France scraped their first match 0:1 against Austria, and the Netherlands also worked hard to come from behind and win 1 :2 You are Poland. Unfortunately, they didn’t shine in Friday’s main game either

The prominent name for this game was actually the one who started on the bench, Kylian Mbappe. The phenomenon of the tricolor broke his nose during the match against the Austrians and Didier Deschamps preferred to keep him at this point. If he went up at some point to play, he would do so with a mask on his face.

As great as the expectation from the main game, so great is the disappointment. France was indeed offensive, but van Bruchn easily thwarted their meager attempts to conquer, while his team, the Dutch, looked for long minutes of the game as the ones who would be happy to take the point and take another step towards the round of 16. Even though she had already scored (Simmons, minute 69), it was from a different position and the goal was disallowed.

As for Mbappe, he might return for the final group stage game against Poland, although his highlights on the bench were more intriguing than the game he watched from the pitch.

Netherlands team composition: Van Bruhn; Dumpreis, De Frey, Van Dyck, Aka; Schotten, Simmons, Reinders; Primpong, Depay, Gekpo.

The composition of the French national team: from inain; Conde, Opcamacano, Saliba, Hernandez; Tshoumani, Kante, Rabio; Dembele, Thuram, Griezmann.

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