Euro 2020, Czech Republic in the quarterfinals: Netherlands beaten 2-0

The Czech Republic beat the Netherlands 2-0 in Budapest and qualified for the quarter-finals of Euro 2020. The challenge was decided by goals from Holes, who scored in the 68th minute, and from Schick, who gave an encore in the 80th minute. . The Czech Republic will face Denmark on 3 July. The match splits in two in the second half: the key episode is the expulsion of DeLigt, best of the match for the Netherlands in the first half, which leaves the orange outnumbered in the 55th minute. Read also The match, up to then balanced also in terms of number of occasions, becomes a monologue: the Czech Republic throws itself forward in search of the goal and finds the precious collaboration of Stekelenburg. The goalkeeper gives a corner with an awkward intervention, from the corner comes a free-kick that produces the goal. On the cross, the goalkeeper misses the timing of the exit, the bank at the far post gives Holes a golden ball: easy easy header, 1-0 in the 68th minute. The Netherlands fails to strike up a reaction, the Czech Republic can manage the practice and place the knockout blow in the 80th minute. Holes punctures the defense and offers the ball to Schick, punctual for the appointment at the near post: 2-0, game over and the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals.