France and the Netherlands renew European Championship with fresh memories of their hard luck exits at the World Cup 18 months ago their recent rivalry.
France and the Netherlands renew European Championship with fresh memories of their hard luck exits at the World Cup 18 months ago their recent rivalry.Both were beaten in Qatar in penalty shootouts against Argentina — France in the epic final, the Dutch in the quarterfinals — after rallying late from two goals down.
The first post-World Cup game for each was the opener of their Euro 2024 qualifying group in March last year. France raced to an early three-goal lead and won 4-0 in Paris. France goes for three straight wins against the Netherlands when they meet in the late game on the longest summer day, June 21, in Leipzig.
That will be the second round of games in Group D that includes Austria and Poland, which also played Argentina at the World Cup. The Poles also trailed 2-0 to the eventual champion and it stayed that way.France reached the final in three of its past four major tournaments, winning the 2018 World Cup, with just Euro 2020 counting as a failure. Kylian Mbappé’s penalty was saved and France lost the shootout to Switzerland after a 3-3 draw in the round of 16.
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