The Dutch are too strong for the Poles. The opponents revealed all the shortcomings of white and red!

In June in Rotterdam in a meeting of these teams there was a draw 2:2. At that time, Robert Lewandowski was absent from the Polish national team. In the rematch, as an FC Barcelona player, he was in the starting lineup.

The composition of the Polish national team for the match with Holland. Cheslav Mikhnevich made an unexpected decision!

- I like him as a person, but even more as a football player. I think he is the best striker in the world. It’s amazing to move to another club, another country, another culture at the age of 34 and score so many goals. I’m glad that we will play against him. This will be a good test of whether we can defend against such a player, - said the head coach of the guests, Louis van Gaal, before the meeting.

The coach of the Polish national team before the first whistle assured that the starting lineup for the first match of the World Cup in Qatar with Mexico would definitely change. “Someone who shows up in front of the Netherlands will give us a clear signal that he is ready to play in the World Cup. However, this match does not predetermine anything, because I still count on Christian Belik, Jacek Guralski. I approach this calmly, - said Mikhnevich.

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Poland - the Netherlands. The fatal beginning of the white-red

The match started badly for the Dutch national team. Théun Koopmeiners suffered from the first action. The midfielder of the Italian club Atalanta Bergamo left the field on a stretcher after a collision with Carol Linetti. Steven Berguis was the replacement.

In the 9th minute, the Poles threatened the gates of the guests for the first time. Having made his debut in the Netherlands national team, Remko Paswer defended the shot of Piotr Zelinsky. White and Red had problems in the 12th minute. Daley Blind did not reach the ball, which contributed to the intervention of Wojciech Szczesny. A minute later, with the passive position of the Polish defense, Cody Gakpo sent the ball into the net from a few meters away.

The Poles tried to quickly make up for losses, but they played too chaotically on the offensive. Lonely ahead, Robert Lewandowski tried his luck from afar, but the shot turned out to be very inaccurate. His Barcelona team-mate Memphis Depay was much closer to his goal. The ball flew right over the crossbar.

In the first 25 minutes, the Dutch rarely allowed the Poles under their penalty area. The opponents controlled the course of the game, and the game was mostly played in the half of the Poles-Reds. Luckily for our team, active Depay made the wrong choice. The game of the Poles did not work out at all.

In the 30th minute, Lewandowski ran to the bench and exchanged a few comments with Cheslav Mikhnevich. The manager’s hints had little effect. The Dutch easily defeated the attacks of the white-reds in the middle zone of the field. Only in the 37th minute - after the action of Piotr Zelinsky - Nikola Zalevsky was in a good position, but hit too weakly, Pasver calmly caught the ball. Moments later, the guests entangled in the penalty area, but managed to get out of the situation.

In the last minutes of the first half, Zalewski was the most active player on the Polish team. After a foul, Byalo-Cervoni converted a free kick, but Sebastian Szymanski crossed the penalty area incorrectly. After the first half and a weak game, Poland lost to the Netherlands 0:1. Lewandowski did not hide his annoyance at the impotence of his teammates.

The Netherlands is too strong. The defeat of the Polish team

During the break, Cheslav Mikhnevich made one substitution, Arkadiusz Milik replaced Linetti. Frenkie de Jong also left the field. The first action after the restart of the game was carried out by the guests. Steven Bergwijn was stopped at the last moment by Jakub Kivior. Another injured player, Depay, left the field in the 52nd minute. A few moments later, Milik fired a deadly shot, as did Shimansky.

At the beginning of the second half, the Poles played more boldly, but unsuccessfully. The game of the Netherlands looked much better in attack. In the 60th minute, Steven Bergwijn defeated Szczesny with a flat shot. Again, the protection of the Poles did not show off!

After scoring a goal, the Netherlands gave the initiative to the white-reds, expecting a counterattack. The Poles played the ball without any problems, only in their own half. There was no advance. Slowly, with dignity, moving across the field, the Poles could not threaten their rivals. In the 79th minute, Mihnevich introduced newcomer Michal Skuras from Lech Poznań. Another newcomer to the team also got a few minutes - Mateusz Lengowski from Pohony Szczecin. The result of the game has not changed. The Poles deservedly lost 0:2 after an unsuccessful game.

Poland - Netherlands 0:2 (0:1)

Goals: Gakpo 13. Bergwijn 60.

Poland: Wojciech Szczesny - Jan Bednarek, Kamil Glik, Jakub Kivior - Przemysław Frankowski (79. Bartosz Bereszyński), Grzegorz Krychowiak, Karol Linetti (46. Arkadiusz Milik), Nikola Zalewski (79. Michal Skoras) - Sebastian Szymanski (70. Mateusz Klich) , Piotr Zelinsky (86. Mateusz Lengowski) - Robert Lewandowski.

Netherlands: Remko Pasvir - Denzel Dumfries, Yurien Timber, Virgil van Dijk, Nathan Ake, Daily Blind - Theun Koopmeiners (6. Steven Berguis; 75. Kenneth Taylor), Cody Gakpo, Frenkie de Jong (46. Marten De Roon) - Steven Bergwijn ( 75. Wut Weghorst), Memphis Depay (52. Vincent Janssen).