The Belgian and Dutch attackers will have tried a lot but a great match of the goalkeepers of the two selections deprived the two selections of goal. Belgium and the Netherlands therefore left with a 0-0 draw for their first match in this Euro Espoirs.
The Netherlands hit the post at the start of the match (7th) before getting a dangerous double chance which gave rise to a first important save from Vandevoordt (16th). Verbruggen answered him by winning his duel against Openda (43rd). The Lensois teammates in turn hit the uprights in the second half (47th). The rest will have been a succession of parades for the Belgian goalkeeper (65th, 81st, 84th) and his Dutch counterpart (66th, 75th).
Portugal starts very badly
In the other match of this very strong group, Portugal, however outsider of this Euro Espoirs, has very badly bowing against Georgia (0-2) on goals from Gagua (37th) and Sazonov (45th). Nuno Tavares’ teammates even finished at ten after the expulsion of Tomas Araujo (76th). Finally, Ukraine won ahead of Croatia (2-0) thanks to achievements by Kashchuk (19th) and Sikan (48th).
