Finland will be another rival of the Polish national team in the qualifying rounds for the world championships in 2026. Both teams will meet on Tuesday, June 10 (20:45). Earlier, however, our opponents clashed with the favorite of our group – the Netherlands.
Yes, the Netherlands “greeted” with the eliminations to the World Championships. Once and two
For the Dutch, the meeting in Helsinki was the first in these eliminations. IN March team Leaded by Ronald Koeman, she played in the quarter -finals of the League of Nations with Spain. However, they greeted with new games in the best possible way. Already in the sixth minute Memphis Depay scored the premiere goal. He used Kaan Kairinen's strange mistake. The Finnish midfielder tried to rip his chest backwards, to his own defenders, but he translated them and provided the football to the opponent's attacker. This diligently took advantage of the gift with a shot in the lower corner.
The Dutch did not stop at this. In the 12th minute Lukas Hradecky saved his head with FrimPong's head, but in the next action he had no chance. After eleven minutes of individual minutes rally Cody Gakpo showed his left wing, cut inside and sent a throw in front of the goal. Denzel Dumfries went perfectly to the ball at the pace, and he fit it closely from the air just below the bar.
This is how Finland played just before the match against Poland. Bright signal
The advantage of the Netherlands was even crushing. Suffice it to say that in the first half they stayed at the ball for 66 percent. The game time, and the Finns allowed only one accurate shot to be fired. After changing sides, the guests no longer pushed the pace. Still, they were able to create a threat. Reijnders fired the inactive shot, and a little later Depaya stopped Hradecky. Seven minutes before the end at 3: 0 it should increase Frenkie de jong. He hit a good position, but the ball passed the post slightly. It wasn't until four minutes before the end the Finns responded. After an individual action, Antman entered the penalty area, but he scored in the middle of the goal, straight into the goalkeeper. It was the only positive accent on the part of the hosts. They deservedly lost 0: 2 and they did not drive the fear of Poles.
The victory of the Netherlands makes the leader of our group remained Poland. In the case of winning the Finns, they would take the lead. And so they have two points of loss to us. Both teams will meet on Tuesday, June 10 in Helsinki. The start of the match at 20:45. We invite you to track live text relationship on our Sport.pl website and in the Sport.pl Live mobile application.
Finland 0: 2 Netherlands
- Goals: 6 'Depay, 23' Dumfries
Compositions:
- Finland: Hradecky – ALHO (70 'Lowanen), Ivanov (76' Valakari), Hemchiene, Uronen – Peltola, Tenho (70 'Kamara) – Antman, Kairinen, Lod (55' Jensen) – Pohjanpalo (55 'Kallman)
- Netherlands: Flekken – Dumfries, Van Hecke (46 'de Vrij), Van Dijk, Ake – Gravenberch, Reijnders (69' Kluivert), de Jong – FrimPong, Depay (69 'Weghorst), Gakpo (85' Simons)