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Gakpo puts the ball in the net, but he looks offside!

Gakpo goes on a long run and he has a powerful shot from outside the area well saved by Nita!

van Dijk hits the outside of the post with a header!

Depay has a shot at goal blocked by the defender, eventually the ball falls into the hands of Nita.

Stanciu whips in a free-kick but Verbruggen comes out and fists it away.

Malen comes on for Bergwijn at the start of the 2nd half.

Dragus cuts inside and has a shot at goal saved by Verbruggen!

I wouldn't say they are bossing this. They got the goal sure, however Romania were the better side in the early part of this half, but since the Dutch scored, the Dutch have had most of the possession. But then again, most teams have the bulk of possession against Romania, because that's how Romania play. The Dutch haven't even created any clear cut chances since the goal. The Romanian keeper has had nothing to save.

Gakpo scores a lovely goal to give the Netherlands the lead! Netherlands 1-0 Romania

Dennis Man cuts inside and he has a shot that goes narrowly over the Dutch cross-bar!

It's funny how you blame him(Ronaldo), when he's the one being selected by the manager. Martinez never had to select him. Fernando Santos was the manager who was the first to drop him, he took that mantle. Martinez has obviously selected him because he rates him, he could have easily continued not selecting him, like Santos did, if he didn't rate Ronaldo. You can't blame Ronaldo playing for Portugal when he is called up. Him crying and being emotional is due to his passion and perfectionist mentality of winning. Why does he need members of his family to tell him what he should do in his footballing career? He is being selected by the Portugal national team, so naturally he is obliging them by playing for them. I never was the biggest Ronaldo fan in his prime, because I saw the slight arrogance in him and the media drooling over him. I still admired him though because he was of course very talented. But in recent years, even though he's past his prime, I've gained more respect, just due to the fact that he is still performing at a high level at his age and in such great physical shape. Even at Man United 2 years ago, he had a record of scoring a goal every 2 games. At Juventus from 2018 to 2021, he had a scoring record of almost a goal every game. All this achieved during his mid to late 30's. At international level, he's always scored goals, even in recent years. For example, since the start of 2023, he has scored 11 goals for Portugal. Portugal have players like Jota, Goncalo Ramos and Andre Silva that can play at the tip of the attack in Ronaldo's position, yet the manager prefers Ronaldo. You can't blame Ronaldo if the manager has faith in his abilities over others.

The Dutch are placed as outright favourites to win this match. But I think this could be the surprise of this round, as I think this Romanian side are capable of causing an upset.

I have Austria winning this as I've liked what I've seen of them. But two work colleagues of mine are saying that Turkey have played better and are a better team than Austria. I just disagree with them though, Austria look good. I've particularly been impressed with Sabitzer and Baumgartner at these Euros so far.

Yeah, but why go to a weaker league? Sure, there's Champions League football with Brugge. But most players would prefer playing in a stronger league over playing in a significantly weaker league, for a club who also happen to compete in the Champions League.

Portugal have Diogo Costa to thank for this win! What great penalty saves by him!

Bernardo Silva scores the winning penalty!

Slovenia are playing you wally not Slovakia!

Vrbic has his penalty saved by Costa! Costa has saved 3 penalties in a row!

Fernandes with a lowly struck penalty into the corner. Oblak was flat footed.

Costa saves Balkovec's penalty as well! Costa is on fire!

Can Ronaldo redeem himself? Yes he can!

I think Ilicic is even more depressed after that miss.

Ilicic has his penalty saved by Costa!

Watch Oblak save some penalties here and the depression recovering veteran Illicic score the winning penalty for Slovenia.

Yeah, they've been like this all tournament. They've got a real fighting spirit.