Defeated by the Czech Republic, during the first day, the Netherlands came close to knowing a second straight defeat in qualifying for Euro 2016 Led by the score Kazakhstan, the Oranje have turned things around in the second period thanks to Huntelaar, Afellay and Van Persie to win late in the game (3-1).
That she seems far the World Cup, the Netherlands contributed to delight in going to the semi-finals. The next deadline, the qualifiers for Euro 2016 starts in fact so much more laborious for the Oranje, a month after their defeat in the Czech Republic (2-1) have had all the trouble in the world to conquer Kazakhstan (3-1) on Sunday night in Amsterdam.
At the break, the visitors held their feat indeed leading 1-0, thanks to a winning header from a corner Abdulin (0- 1, 17). The Dutch have long struggled to show dangerous, apart from a reverse head of Robin van Persie failed to fly (21st), which led Guus Hiddink’s successor, Louis van Gaal, to sacrifice his only defensive midfielder (De Jong ) to start another striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (56th).
Forgotten by Van Persie few minutes earlier (58th), Schalke 04 striker quickly found the fault, when he rose to head to pénalty center Ibrahim Afellay (1-1, 61). After the expulsion of Dzolchiyev for a sole on the Achilles tendon of Afellay (64th), the meeting was finally turned into a siege of the Kazakh surface. And after a free kick from Arjen Robben on the bar (74th) is the ubiquitous Afellay, a deflected shot, which released the ArenA (2-1, 81). Van Persie, a penalty, will then give a somewhat greater extent to the success of his team (3-1, 88th). But in a group A dominated by Iceland and the Czech Republic, the Netherlands may well face more challenges than expected …
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