France returned from Dublin with their second win in Group Two of their Euro 2024 qualifiers after a 1-0 loss to Ireland, and the Netherlands overcame their heavy opening defeat to defeat a modest Gibraltar national team 3-0.

And the “Roosters” started the “Euro 2024” qualifiers with a resounding 4-0 win over the Netherlands, in which new captain Kylian Mbappe, the top scorer of the Qatar World Cup 2022, was absent yesterday. On Monday, Benjamin Boward was the hero in a crowd as he scored the only goal early in the second half. .

Didier Deschamps entered the crowd with 3 changes to the team compared to the first team against the Netherlands, so he replaced Jules Conte with Povard in defense and Olivier Giroud at center forward, with Kingsley Coman and Eduardo Kamavinga remaining. Aurelian Someni in the middle.

Ambitious to qualify for their first major tournament since the 2016 European Cup, where hosts France lost their final against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, the Irish tried hard against the 2022 World Cup runners-up, but skill and experience won out. He pointed out that the hosts could not even leave their territory.

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Despite the superior French advantage, Deschamps’ men were unable to really threaten the Irish goal until the 38th minute, when Griezmann opened the scoring with a header after a cross from Povard, but his effort went wide of the left post.

The Irish were active late in the first half and threatened the French goal with a succession of set pieces, but Mike Mignon’s goal fell short as the first half ended in a goalless draw.

But he bounced off the post early in the second half with Povard’s superb goal picking the ball off Joshua Cullen’s errant pass before the French fired a missile from the edge of the area. Net (51).

The “Roosters” came close to a second goal with Adrien Rabiot’s long shot, but goalkeeper Gavin Bassuno did well to defend his own goal (76), before the hosts woke up in the final minutes without a win. Test in this group after Minyan shone to block Colin’s header in the time killer.

So. A lot. Drama!

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Holland compensates with a brace

In Rotterdam, the Netherlands could not repeat the victory against Gibraltar in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers (7-0 and 6-0), but it took the first three points with a 3-0 victory, giving coach Ronald Koeman the first place. After the World Cup in Qatar, the veteran Louis van Empt was out, and he succeeded in his new, old job.

Considering the modest status of the opponent, the Netherlands were not affected by absences due to injury or virus, from which the heart of the defense, Matthijs de Ligt recovered and started, and Cody Khakpo participated in the second half.

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Memphis Depay opened the scoring for the hosts with a header following Denzel Dumfries’ cross in the 23rd minute, taking his tally to 44 goals in 88 appearances for the “Orange” and moving six goals clear of all-time top scorer Robin. Van Persie.

The “Orange” was not satisfied with the goal of the Spanish striker Atletico Madrid, but Nathan Ake added the second goal after two half-time breaks with a header after another cross from Dumfries (50).

The Netherlands’ task was made easier after Liam Walker (51) was sent off, so Aki added his second individual goal with a long shot (82) to give Koeman’s men their first points, the same distance from Greece. A first round win against Gibraltar by the same goals.