Romania v Netherlands LIVE: Result and final score as Donyell Malen seals Euro 2024 quarter-final place

For the primary time in 16 years, Netherlands have made it via to a European Championship quarter-final. For a nation which has received the Euros earlier than it has been a rare interval of underperformance within the competitors, together with one outright failure to qualify in any respect.

Given this run of non-achievement got here on the again of 5 successive super-impressive outings between 1988 and 2004 – champions, semis, quarters, semis, semis – it makes their return now to the final eight all of the extra welcome, all of the extra vital and all of the extra shocking.

The race to be prime scorer in Germany can be changing into clearer and clearer, with Cody Gakpo very a lot within the combine:

So only one Spherical of 16 encounter left now – right here’s how the final eight ties look:

Quarter-final 1, Stuttgart: Spain v Germany (1700)

Quarter-final 2, Hamburg: Portugal v France (2000)

Quarter-final 4, Dusseldorf: England v Switzerland (1700)

Quarter-final 3, Berlin: Netherlands v Austria/Turkey (2000)

“We performed recreation and confirmed a fantastic response from the final match. We’re very happy. After the final recreation, we wanted a response and as we speak was step in the best path.

“We talked loads about aggression and the depth, defending as a staff. I’m very pleased that we received. The physio advised me yesterday that I used to be going to attain the primary purpose as we speak, in order that’s why I ran to him [when I was celebrating].”

However how did the person gamers carry out? Listed below are The Impartial’s rankings for Romania v Netherlands:

A gradual begin once more however that was comfortably the very best exhibiting of the event so removed from the Netherlands, a rejigged midfield way more efficient and their ahead line warming to their work. Cody Gakpo impressed, Xavi Simons sparkled and Donyell Malen added the gloss to finish Romania’s Euro 2024 journey.

Ronald Koeman’s facet will face both Austria or Turkey in Berlin on Saturday night time.

Donyell Malen places the icing on the tompouce, darting away up the left and firing a wonderful end previous Florin Nita because the Dutch go dancing into the final eight.

Daley Blind will get two of these 4 minutes. Memphis Depay takes off his headband as he departs with the job certainly completed.

It’s two of the Dutch substitutes who threaten to mix although, Micky van de Ven not fairly capable of finding an onrushing Wout Weghorst having produced one in all his canters up the left.

Up goes the board to sign that there can be 4 further minutes.