Post by staggerstag on Jun 13, 2021 18:39:55 GMT
Beautiful, wonderful Amsterdam...
Me again. Where is everyone today?
Anyway, here are the line-ups for tonight's encounter.
Netherlands: Stekelenburg; Dumfries, Timber, De Vrij, Blind, Van Aanholt; F. De Jong, De Roon, Wijnaldum; Depay, Weghorst
Subs: Krul, Veltman, Aké, Wijndal, Berghuis, de Jong, Klaassen, Gravenberch, Malen, Bizot, Koopmeiners, Gakpo
Ukraine: Bushchan; Karavaev, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Mykolenko; Zinchenko, Sydorchuk, Malinovskyi; Yarmolenko, Yaremchuk, Zubkov
Subs: Sobol, Kryvtsov, Stepanenko, Shaparenko, Marlos, Pyatov, Makarenko, Besedin, Trubin, Tymchyk, Popov, Dovbyk
Trophy odds
Netherlands 14/1
Ukraine 50/1
Me again. Where is everyone today?
Anyway, here are the line-ups for tonight's encounter.
Netherlands: Stekelenburg; Dumfries, Timber, De Vrij, Blind, Van Aanholt; F. De Jong, De Roon, Wijnaldum; Depay, Weghorst
Subs: Krul, Veltman, Aké, Wijndal, Berghuis, de Jong, Klaassen, Gravenberch, Malen, Bizot, Koopmeiners, Gakpo
Ukraine: Bushchan; Karavaev, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Mykolenko; Zinchenko, Sydorchuk, Malinovskyi; Yarmolenko, Yaremchuk, Zubkov
Subs: Sobol, Kryvtsov, Stepanenko, Shaparenko, Marlos, Pyatov, Makarenko, Besedin, Trubin, Tymchyk, Popov, Dovbyk
Trophy odds
Netherlands 14/1
Ukraine 50/1
Dutch manager Frank De Boer has made a couple of interesting calls: 19-year-old Jurrien TImber is drafted into central defence to replace the injured Mattijs De Ligt, while Patrick van Aanholt is selected at left-back instead of Owen Wijndal.
Netherlands are the favourites to win the because they have the pedigree, some promising talents and a proven goalscorer in Memphis Depay. They even have home advantage, since this game - like all their group games - is in Amsterdam. But Ukraine are tough to beat: no one managed to get the better of them during the qualifying campaign, when they finished top of their group – above Portugal – and conceded only four goals in eight matches.
Since then they’ve held France to a draw in the World Cup qualifiers (after losing 7-1 to them in a friendly) but drawn with Kazakhstan and Finland. What is more, no team in this tournament is likely to be more motivated than Ukraine, who are representing their nation at a time of war and have a map on their jerseys to remind them that they carry the hopes of many. This looks set to be a tight game, then, and it could go either way.
Paul Doyle
Netherlands are the favourites to win the because they have the pedigree, some promising talents and a proven goalscorer in Memphis Depay. They even have home advantage, since this game - like all their group games - is in Amsterdam. But Ukraine are tough to beat: no one managed to get the better of them during the qualifying campaign, when they finished top of their group – above Portugal – and conceded only four goals in eight matches.
Since then they’ve held France to a draw in the World Cup qualifiers (after losing 7-1 to them in a friendly) but drawn with Kazakhstan and Finland. What is more, no team in this tournament is likely to be more motivated than Ukraine, who are representing their nation at a time of war and have a map on their jerseys to remind them that they carry the hopes of many. This looks set to be a tight game, then, and it could go either way.
Paul Doyle
