Wout Weghorst’s Penalty Miss and Clash with Odisseas Vlachodimos Make Headlines Again

Since December 9, 2022, Wout Weghorst became a focus for Argentine fans after his encounter with Lionel Messi after the match that Argentina eliminated the Netherlands on penalties in the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. That “ Go ahead, you fool” from Leo to the Dutch forward was immortalized and this Monday he made the news again for missing a penalty in a key match for his team that seeks to qualify for the Euro 2024 to be held in Germany.

It was in the match that the Netherlands faced Greece as a visitor, with a final atmosphere as both compete for second place in Group B of the Qualifiers. The Clockwork Orange came from a home defeat against the leader France and finished third in the area, three points behind the Hellenes. This forced him to a victory at the OPAP Arena.

The cast led by Ronald Koeman took the initiative and this began to make the local goalkeeper, Odisseas Vlachodimos, a figure. It seems that Weghorst has a way of irritating his rivals and in this case the one who had the blood in the eye was Vlachodimos himself. The Dutch forward said something to him that bothered him before taking a penalty in the 28th minute.

Weghorst executed the shot poorly, which was announced, although there was also a good reaction from Vlachodimos, who after capturing the ball got up and looked for it for the Dutchman. He immediately yelled at him and had to be restrained by two colleagues because he showed a clear intention to look for him and pursue the issue face to face. Nor did the rival attacker react as he turned around and pretended not to care. He then retired injured in the 62nd minute and was replaced by another attacker, Brian Brobbey.

Odisseas Vlachodimos saved Wout Weghorst’s penalty and the first thing he did was look for the Dutch striker (REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki)

Luckily for the Greeks, their goalkeeper calmed down as he then shined again and was mainly responsible for keeping his goal at zero at least until added time. Already in the complement he spectacularly blocked a shot from Steven Bergwijn. Fotis Ioannidis later responded with a great play on the right and when he was one-on-one with Bart Verbruggen, he shot wide. While in the next Vlachodimos once again shone by deflecting a shot from Tijjani Reijnders and on the rebound Xavi Simons threw it wide.

Already in the third additional minute, captain Virgil van Dijk capitalized on a penalty and was able to make the final 1-0. With this victory, the Netherlands was second with 12 points, the same amount as Greece, but has a better goal difference. France leads with 18 and is one of the eight teams qualified for Euro 2024. On the next date, the Netherlands will host Ireland on Saturday, November 18 and will finish its tie playing as a visitor against Gibraltar, which is the last team in the area and He didn’t score any points.

2023-10-17 02:32:00
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