{"id":287914,"date":"2023-09-07T21:36:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=287914"},"modified":"2023-09-07T21:36:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:36:14","slug":"netherlands-3-0-greece-liverpools-cody-gakpo-strikes-in-routine-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/netherlands-3-0-greece-liverpools-cody-gakpo-strikes-in-routine-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands 3-0 Greece: Liverpool&apos;s Cody Gakpo strikes in routine win"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Netherlands 3-0 Greece: Liverpool star Cody Gakpo strikes as Ronald Koeman&#8217;s side run riot in Eindhoven, as Man United flop Wout Weghorst also gets on scoresheet in Euro 2024 qualifying win<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Greece were comfortably beaten in Euro 2024 qualifying against Netherlands<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cody Gakpo impressed &#8211; and scored &#8211; as Ronald Koeman&#8217;s men eased to victory\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ronald Koeman&#8217;s Netherlands made it two wins from three in Euro 2024 qualifying as they swept Greece aside in Eindhoven.<\/p>\n<p>Marten de Roon set the Oranje on their way after 17 minutes before Liverpool ace Cody Gakpo doubled the hosts&#8217; advantage just after the half-hour mark.<\/p>\n<p>Eight minutes later the result was beyond doubt when former Man United\u00a0forward Wout Weghorst converted for 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>They now have six points, ahead of Greece on goal difference, behind leaders France who have won five out of five.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch victory came after coach Koeman had challenged his team to show more of a steely edge after losing three of four games since he took charge at the start of the year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/21\/75186595-0-image-a-28_1694118941361.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/22\/75187883-12493725-image-a-43_1694121310241.jpg\" height=\"438\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/21\/75186597-0-image-a-29_1694118945487.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>De Roon scored the first goal after 17 minutes as he thumped home a ball headed down by Denzel Dumfries from a corner to register his first international goal.<\/p>\n<p>Gakpo was unmarked at the back post as the Greek defence was badly exposed and finished off a clever cross from Dumfries, who completed a hat-trick of assists as he provided Weghorst with a chipped cross to head home with a diving effort in the 39th minute.<\/p>\n<h3>MATCH FACTS<\/h3>\n<p><span>Netherlands<\/span>: Flekken, Geertruida, van Dijk, Ake, Dumfries, de Roon, de Jong, Blind, Simons, Gakpo, Weghorst.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Subs: Hartman, Lang, Veerman, Noppert, Wieffer, Verbruggen, Berghuis, Reijnders, Malen, Koopmeiners, de Ligt, de Vrij.<\/p>\n<p><span>Goals<\/span>: De Roon (17), Gakpo (31), Weghorst (39)<\/p>\n<p><span>Booked<\/span>: Van Dijk, Ake\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Greece<\/span>: Vlachodimos, Rota, Retsos, Chatzidiakos, Tsimikas, Siopis, Kourbelis, Masouras, Bakasetas, Mantalos, Pavlidis.<\/p>\n<p>Subs: Athanasiadis, Chatzigiovanis, Giakoumakis, Giannoulis, Ioannidis, Papanikolaou, Koulierakis, Fountas, Limnios, Paschalakis, Pelkas, Bouchalakis.<\/p>\n<p>Dumfries could have had a goal of his own but was denied by the post in the 36th minute while Xavi Simons swerving shot in the 28th minute produced a miraculous one-handed stop from Greek goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos.<\/p>\n<p>The second half was light on chances but the damage was done as the Greeks suffered their heaviest defeat since Gustavo Poyet took over as coach some 18 months ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch face a key qualifier in Dublin on Sunday against Ireland, who lost 2-0 to France on Thursday. Greece host Gibraltar in Athens on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>France, who comprehensively beat the Dutch in the opening game, still top the group with a 100 per cent record after a fifth successive victory following their 2-0 win over the Republic of Ireland, with Aurelien Tchouameni and Marcus Thuram scoring.<\/p>\n<p>But the Netherlands have now moved in behind them after a second successive victory.<\/p>\n<p>Albania maintained their challenge in Group E as a 1-1 draw with leaders Czech Republic kept them ahead of Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Nedim Bajrami&#8217;s 66th-minute goal cancelled out Vaclav Cerny&#8217;s opener to earn them a point in Prague, while Robert Lewandowski scored twice &#8211; one a penalty &#8211; as the Poles beat Faroe Islands 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary came from behind to beat Serbia 2-1 and open up a three-point cushion at the top of Group G, as Barnabas Varga and Willi Orban scored within three first-half minutes of each other as they recovered from Atila Szalai&#8217;s early own goal.<\/p>\n<p>Lithuania&#8217;s Fedor Cernych scored a stoppage-time equaliser in a 2-2 draw to damage Montenegro&#8217;s chances after Nikola Krstovic and Stefan Savic had struck late in the game to take the lead.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/22\/75187891-12493725-image-a-44_1694121330312.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12493725\/Netherlands-3-0-Greece-Liverpool-star-Cody-Gakpo-strikes-Ronald-Koemans-run-riot-Eindhoven-Man-United-flop-Wout-Weghorst-gets-scoresheet-Euro-2024-qualifying-win.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Netherlands 3-0 Greece: Liverpool star Cody Gakpo strikes as Ronald Koeman&#8217;s side run riot in Eindhoven, as Man United flop Wout Weghorst also gets on <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/netherlands-3-0-greece-liverpools-cody-gakpo-strikes-in-routine-win\/\" title=\"Netherlands 3-0 Greece: Liverpool&amp;apos;s Cody Gakpo strikes in routine win\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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