Original title: European Championship Comprehensive: England narrowly defeated Croatia , Netherlands 3: 2 defeated Ukraine
Three games were played in the first round group stage of the European Championship on the 13th. England defeated Croatia 1:0. The Netherlands defeated Ukraine 3:2, and Austria 3:1 defeated North Macedonia . In the first round of Group
D, England faced Croatia at home. " Three Lions " is currently ranked fourth in the world. It has won all the past six games in all competitions and is in good shape. After " grid army " won the runner-up in the World Cup in Russia, its personnel aged and its strength declined. England's victory avenged their elimination by Croatia in the 2018 World Cup semi-finals.
In the 5th minute of the opening, Foden's shot hit the post. Since then, Sterling missed many shooting opportunities, and neither side made any achievements in the first half. In the 56th minute, Phillips sent an exquisite pass and Sterling scored. The score of 1:0 remained until the end.
C The Netherlands faces Ukraine at home in Amsterdam. Both sides failed to knock on each other's door in the first half. In the 51st minute, the home team took the lead in scoring. Dumfries swept the ball low from the right side of the frontcourt, Ukrainian goalkeeper Bushan saved the ball, and Wijnaldum succeeded in the supplementary shot.
6 minutes later, Dutch forward Verhorst scored with a volley to expand the result. The visiting team then scored two goals in a row. In the 74th minute, Ukrainian right winger Yarmolenko made a "world wave" kick, and the ball went straight to the dead corner and broke the net. 4 minutes later, Yaremchuk took advantage of the free kick opportunity and scored a header in the middle. The Dutch team was unwilling to let the victory slip away like this. In the 85th minute, Dumfries also used a header to exceed the score again. In the end, the Netherlands sealed the victory 3:2. In another match in Group
C, Austria defeated North Macedonia in Bucharest. In the 18th minute of the first half, Lehner received a pass from Sabitzer and scored, giving Austria a 1:0 lead. Ten minutes later, North Macedonia, participating in the European Championship for the first time, took advantage of the opponent's mistakes to get a goal back.
In the 78th minute, Alaba made a pass from the left, Gregorich outflanked and shot to help Austria gain another victory. Before the end, Anautovic , who plays for Shanghai Harbor , put the icing on the cake and fixed the score at 3:1. Austria currently ranks first in the group due to its goal difference.
(Liu Yang)
Source: Xinhuanet
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