In Budapest, the third match of the 1/8 finals of Euro 2020 was held, in which the Netherlands and the Czech Republic met.
Dutch, who confidently won the struggle in the group “C”, were favorites in the match with Czechs, which were only third at the preliminary stage. However, in today’s game of the national team, the Czech Republic managed to neutralize the strengths of the opponent and win with a score of 2: 0.
The decisive episode of the match was the removal of the football player of the national team of the Netherlands of Matteis de Ligat. This violation of the Russian arbitrator Sergey Karasev after the VAR tips regarded as a foul of the last hope.
After that, the Czechs played even more confident. On the 68th minute, Tomashel Holley’s head sent the ball into the goal of the Netherlands team, and at the 80th minute, one of the leaders of the Czech team Patrick Shik for the second time was upset by “orange”.
So, the Czech Republic reached the quarterfinal, where July 3 will play in Baku with Denmark. The match will start at 20:00.
Today, the Match Belgium will also take place – Portugal, where the rival of Italy is determined.