In its European World Cup debut for the 2026 World Cup, the Netherlands had no difficulty defeating Finland 2-0 on Saturday at the Helsinki Olympic stadium.
The triumph began by the Corinthian striker, who scored after 6 minutes, demonstrating opportunism after the opponent’s failure.
Dumfries confirmed the victory of the visitors.
Three points to start our Qualifying! 🔒🇳🇱
– Onesare (@onsoran)
Netherlands and Finland make up group H of the qualifiers, which also has Poland, Lithuania and Malta.
Only the group’s winner qualifies directly to the, while the runner -up disputes the recap.
With two wins in two games, Poland leads the key with 6 points, and got it off in this round.
The Finns added four points in three matches.
The mechanical orange has three points, but has two less games than the opponents of the key.
Memphis top scorer
Memphis is close to becoming the top scorer in the history of the Netherlands.
He has 48 goals and is just two from Van Persie, a former striker who retired in 2019 and occupies the ranking leadership.
Netherlands’ next challenge
The Netherlands’ next commitment in the qualifiers is on Tuesday (10), at 15:45 (Brasília), against Malta, in Groningen.
*With agency
