Romania vs Netherlands LIVE!
Donyell Malen struck twice late on as the Netherlands reached the Euro 2024 quarter-finals with a 3-0 win over Romania in Munich. Cody Gakpo opened the scoring for the dominant Dutch after 20 minutes but Ronald Koeman's side spurned a host of chances before finally making victory certain. Malen eased nerves with a close-range finish seven minutes from time and wrapped up a deserved success after a fine run in stoppage time.
Romania made the brighter start with Dennis Man going close but Gakpo changed the game with his third goal of the tournament. The Liverpool forward finished well as he cut inside from the left and lashed a low right-foot shot inside Florin Nita's near post.bMemphis Depay and Malen both failed to make clean contact in a goalmouth scramble and Virgil Van Dijk headed against the post.
Gakpo forced a good save from Nita and then had a close-range effort ruled out for offside before Depay went close from a free-kick and Joey Veerman missed by inches. Romania felt hard done to when play was pulled back for a foul by Denis Alibec as Nicolae Stanciu broke away but Malen finished the game with his late double. Read the game back below with our dedicated match blog.
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Full-time!
95min: That’s that! Netherlands march on.
GOAL!
93min: Malen scores another on the break, running from inside his own half, cutting inside the firing past a motionless keeper.
92min: Depay replaced by Blind to see this one out.
90min: A young pitch invader as we tick towards added time. There will be four minutes of added time.
88min: Substitutes Van de Ven and Weghost almost combine for a third, the former’s pass an inch in front of the striker’s toe.
85min: Weghorst is on for Gakpo.
GOAL!
83min: Game, set and match as Malen fires home!
Stunning work from Gakpo to create the chance.
79min: Another chance for Gakpo after a storming run from Malen, but his shot is blocked by Marin.
Malen’s pass could have been a little better, in truth. Made Gakpo check himself before shooting.
76min: More superb defending from Dragusin, heading the ball away from Depay just yards from his own goal.