Hans Kraay junior was not impressed by the match between the Netherlands and France (0-0). The two teams did not make a spectacle of it, according to Kraay junior. At ESPN, the analyst says that he enjoyed one player: Antoine Griezmann.
“We are not disappointed with the point, but this match could have just been blown off at halftime. 22 people satisfied, 2 trainers satisfied, 60,000 people dissatisfied,” is the analyst’s harsh assessment. Thanks to the draw, both the Dutch team and France have four points and qualification for the eighth finals is very close.
Kraay had the feeling that both teams could live with a point in the twentieth minute. “I had the impression that by not being able to field Mbappé, the French were like, ‘Okay.’ They played in a strange system with Rabiot hanging on the left.”
Yet Kraay was also a big bright spot in the match with Griezmann. The star player of Atlético Madrid had several chances, but often did not get the ball right in front of his feet. The Dutch team therefore stayed alive, partly thanks to Bart Verbruggen, one of the standouts on the Dutch side.
“The only one who felt like a fish in water with the French, in this system, was Griezmann. He was by far the best on the field. He enjoys playing football so much. At Atlético Madrid he plays behind one deep striker, now in France behind three attackers.”
“I think he likes this the most. Then he has three men at his back and he can do whatever he wants. He can’t do anything about this,” Kraay junior said, referring to the opportunity before half-time, when he just got the ball. was played behind by Rabiot. “Rabiot has to shoot the ball into the goal himself. We got away well here, and both teams were still looking forward to it.”
Presenter Jan Joost van Gangelen believes that Van Dijk has lost Griezmann ‘very often.’ “Reijnders has been drafted to keep a closer eye on him… What should you do?”, Van Gangelen wonders out loud. “You cannot put a man on Griezmann,” says Kraay. “That is only possible with a static number 10, but he is everywhere. You will have to be very close to his thunder in the zone.”
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