Last Updated on July 17, 2024 9:12 am by Gambyl Nation Editorial Team
The new Dutch generation will make its Euro 2020 debut on Sunday, June 13, against Andriy Shevchenko’s Ukraine, one of the best teams to qualify. Both teams will fight for the top spot in Group C unless Austria or North Macedonia spring a surprise. Frank de Boer’s side will be led by Depay, who’s proving to be the goal scorer he has been during the warm-up matches. For their part, Ukraine, with the core of their squad made up of players from Dynamo Kiev and Shaktar Donetsk, will be looking to prove their qualifying credentials at a major tournament. Zinchneko, the Manchester City player, is the star of this Ukrainian team. This duel between the Netherlands vs. Ukraine will be on Sunday, June 13 at 14:00 E.T. at the Amsterdam Arena and broadcast by TUDN and Sky Sports.
Five facts you didn’t know between the two teams:
1. This will be the first time that the two teams will meet in an official competition.
2. Twice, the two teams have met face to face, both times in friendly matches.
3. The last time the two teams played against each other was in August 2010, when they played to a 1-goal draw.
4. Ukraine has 6 games in a row without defeat (2W, 4D).
5. The Clockwork Orange has 4 unbeaten games, scoring 14 goals and conceding only 2 goals.
Let’s review the current situation of both teams in what will be the debut at Euro 2020:
Netherlands: Frank de Boer’s Netherlands team returns to the finals of an international tournament after seven years of absence. The Dutch national team is going into the tournament without its star player, the injured Liverpool center-back Virgil van Dijk. With eyes on Olympique Lyon striker Memphis Depay, the pearl of a “Clockwork Orange” with few big names in a squad where there is already talk of “Depaydencia.” De Boer, however, has been questioned at home for playing with a defensive 5-3-2 formation, coming from a 2-2 draw against Scotland and a 3-0 win over Georgia in the two preparatory matches for the continental tournament.
Ukraine: For its part, Ukraine, which was also not at the World Cup in Russia 2018 but was at Euro 2016 in France, where it lost all three of its matches, comes from defeating Northern Ireland 1-0 and Cyprus 4-0 in the round of friendlies in preparation for the tournament, where the most considerable stir that has caused the team led by the historic scorer Andrei Shevchenko, The D.T. is also at the helm of a new generation of players led by his top player Oleksandr Zinchenkov, Manchester City player, who will seek to impose his hierarchy in this European Championship, to make a significant impact.
Betting line:
Netherlands: 49.2% (-175) – Goals: 1.80 – Best O/U: o2½-140
Ukraine: 27.7% (+421) – Goals: 1.12 – Best O/U: u2½+106
- Draw: 23.1 (+237)
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