Schadenfreude in Germany after the defeat of the Dutch team against France
Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 12:19
The Dutch national team still has to work hard in the remaining qualifying matches to secure participation in the 2024 European Championship. It causes gloating in the host country, which is automatically qualified for the final tournament.
At the beginning of September, the German press still feared Germany’s early elimination from the 2024 European Championship. The German Federation (DFB) eventually intervened and decided to fire Hansi Flick after the dramatic results with the national team. Julian Nagelsmann was subsequently appointed as his successor.
BILD, which has been extremely critical of this Mannschaft in recent months, has noticed that there is a chance that the Netherlands will miss the European Championship in Germany. “Holland-Panik after defeat by Kylian Mbappé, Dutch will not reach our European Championship?”, the newspaper headlines.
“The Netherlands has to go to Greece on Monday. If the Dutch team does not win there, they will really tremble with fear and the German fans can sing: ‘Ohne Holland feieren wir Europameisterschaft.'”
However, BILD also notes that the Dutch national team has played one match less than Greece, the main competitor in Group B for second place. Yet the newspaper fears a European Championship without the Dutch team.
The newspapers in Belgium are also concerned about Orange. “The European Championship seems to be in great danger,” writes Het Nieuwsblad, while the Netherlands is ‘in dire straits’, according to Sporza.
The Dutch national team awaits an away match against Greece on Monday. With a win or a draw, the Dutch team has excellent credentials to qualify for the European Championship in Germany. The Dutch team has a better mutual result than the Greeks on Monday, with a win or a draw. This also applies to a 2-0 defeat.
2023-10-14 13:30:00
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