The national team of men lost the second game of the game with France on Thursday afternoon. After the 2-2 draw Last Tuesday the team of national coach Jeroen Delmée fell 1-0 in Den Bosch.
The last official competition before the start of the European Championship took place under the same circumstances as Tuesday. A dozen spectators, no folk songs and the scoreboard remained black. A totally different ambiance than next week in Mönchengladbach, where the Orange men will defend their European title.
Compared to the first mutual match against the French, Delmée made two changes. Joep de Mol took the place of Luke Dommershuijzen and Derk Meijer replaced Maurits Visser under the bar. In Monkengelasbach, both / Visser’s and Visser get the chance to go goals.
Pressure in the French circle
Meijer had little to do against France. The Rotterdam goalkeeper only got a shot at goal in the second quarter. Corentin Sellier’s effort from the left went wide.
Meijer’s colleague on the other hand, Corentin Saunier, was considerably busier. The Netherlands received three penalty corners, two of which were rejected by Saunier. The French keeper also had an answer to shots by Steijn van Heijningen and Koen Bijd.
Olivier Hortensius sees his shot sailing over the French goal. Photo: Willem Vernes
The best chance was for Thierry Brinkman. After Saunier had rejected a shot, the captain seemed to be able to push the ball into the goal of the rebound. Saunier, however, managed to get his glove with an extreme effort to the ball.
Many opportunities
The French came out of their shell a little more after the break. It resulted in their first penalty corner. At that time, the Netherlands was up to ten men, after a green card for Jorrit Croon. Victor Charlet did not use the chance. His push became wide from the goal of Meijer.
The Netherlands also had opportunities. Van Heijningen went against goalkeeper Saunier and Olivier Hortensius saw his effort disappearing just over the French goal. In the extension, after a green card for Mattéo Desgouillions, the Netherlands received two more penalty corners, but the French defense did not admit.
Louis Haertelmeyer scores the winning goal of the match between the Dutch men and France. Photo: Willem Vernes
The game seemed to end 0-0, but in the final phase, France won the victory. Goalkeeper Meijer had no chance of a diagonal shot in the upper corner through Louis Haertelmeyer. The Netherlands had another chance to be right, but Janssen’s corner passed through a defensive stick. As a result, the Dutch lost their last international competition before the start of the European Championship.
Nederland-Frankrijk 0-1 (0-0)
56. Louis Haertelmeyer 0-1
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