Marcel Sabitzer lashed home to earn Austria a thrilling 3-2 win against the Netherlands and send his team through the top of Euro2024 Group D, ahead of tournament favorites France and the third-place Dutch.
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Marcel Sabitzer leads Austria to a thrilling 3-2 win over the Netherlands, putting his team ahead of tournament favorites France and third place in Euro 2024 Group D took it to the top. German. All three countries made it to the last 16 but Ralf Rangnick's formidable Austria side showed why some saw them as dark horses by winning the tournament for the first time on a busy afternoon in Berlin.
While Donyell Malen's goal put Austria ahead, Cody Gakpo took the Netherlands ahead in the second half. Romano Schmid departed for Austria and Memphis Depay pulled them back before Sabitzer finally resolved the dispute.
Marcel Sabitzer scored the goal that helped Austria beat the Netherlands in the European Group D. Marcel Sabitzer scored the goal that gave Austria an impressive 3-2 victory over the Netherlands and put his team in the Euro 2024 Group D with favorites France and the Netherlands. took him to the top ahead of his trio.
Marcel Sabitzer won Austria Euro 2024 Group A and beat Netherlands
Austria beat Netherlands 3-2 in Euro 2024
Austria beat Netherlands 3-2 in Euro 2024
Marcel Sabitzer scored the equalizer to give Austria an impressive 3-2 win over the Netherlands on Tuesday and move his team into third place in Euro 2024 Group D, ahead of tournament favorites France and the Netherlands. All three countries made it to the last 16 but Ralf Rangnick's formidable Austria side showed why some saw them as dark horses by winning the tournament for the first time on a busy afternoon in Berlin. While Donyell Malen's goal put Austria ahead, Cody Gakpo gave the Netherlands a ---point lead in the second half. Romano Schmid departed for Austria and Memphis Depay pulled them back before Sabitzer finally resolved the dispute.
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Rangnick made four substitutions for Austria from the side that comfortably defeated Poland, with defender Gernot Trauner injured and Christoph Baumgartner also scoring and remaining on the bench.
Meanwhile, Dutch coach Ronald Koeman named Malen as one of three changes in attack from last week's defeat against France.
The Borussia Dortmund striker got off to a poor start but headed Alexander Prass' cross into his own goal and tried to deny Marko Arnautovic access.
Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders quickly had the chance to equalize after missing a failed shot following an exchange with Gakpo.
Dutch fans lit up the contest in bright orange, but the Austrian fans were outnumbered and defeated them in Berlin.
As Rangnick's men rolled the ball around their Dutch opponents, their supporters applauded each successful pass.
Koeman was talking on the phone and dropped his hands in disappointment when Malen fired a well-placed shot at the far post.
The former Barcelona coach brought on Xavi Simons to replace midfielder Joey Veerman after just 34 minutes to boost his team's creativity. , But it was the Austrians who made the most of the next opportunity; Bart Verbruggen saved Sabitzer's drive and Arnautovic was unable to head home in the final moments after his team had taken the lead.
The Netherlands came out firing in the second half and equalized in the 47th minute when Simons headed in and Gakpo headed a confident shot past Austrian goalkeeper Patrick Pentz.
Austria held their heads high and Schmid put them ahead in the 59th minute with Florian Grillitsch's cross. Stefan de Vrij failed to clear the ball over the crossbar.
This goal cost the Netherlands, who went to the 2022 World Cup with super reserves against Poland and Argentinian striker Wout Weghorst, to implement plan B.
This worked almost immediately, with the striker bending over for Depay to tap the ball and level the game.
The Austrians took the lead for a third time when Sabitzer headed home in the last minute after Dutch captain Virgil van Dijk had played in front. Substitute Baumgartner made a fine save of what could have been Austria's fourth, but he was not offside and Weghorst grabbed the last chance for the helpless Dutchman.
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