ENSCHEDE - (lr) Georginio Wijnaldum of Holland, Frenkie de Jong of Holland, Memphis Depay of Holland, Denzel Dumfries of Holland, Wout Weghorst of Holland celebrate the 1-0 during the friendly match between the Netherlands and Georgie in Stadium De Grolsch Veste on 06 June 2021 in Enschede, The Netherlands. ANP MAURICE VAN STEEN (Photo by ANP Sport via Getty Images)
Goals from Memphis Depay and Georginio Wijnaldum helped the Netherlands beat North Macedonia to make it three wins from three at Euro 2020.
Frank de Boer’s side had already secured top spot in Group C with a game to spare having beaten Ukraine and Austria.
And they produced another dominant performance in front of 12,000 fans at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam.
The Dutch opened the scoring with a devastating counter-attack, started by a Daley Blind tackle on the edge of his own box and finished by a first-time Memphis Depay strike from Donyell Malen’s cross.
Depay, playing his first game since his move to Barcelona was announced, now has nine goals and three assists in his past 10 games for the Netherlands.
Wijnaldum wrapped the game up in the second half with two goals in seven minutes, first tapping in from from Depay’s well-placed cross, before Macedonian goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski’s save from Depay fell nicely for another close-range finish from the Netherlands captain.
The Dutch will travel to Budapest for their last-16 tie, where they will face the third-placed finisher from Group D, E or F on 27 June.
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