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Dazzling Dutch outclass Germans
GOTEBORG, June 19: The Netherlands, the little-holders. stunned Germany with
— two early goals and beat the world champions, 3-1 Thursday, as both teams advanced to the semifinals of the European Championship, reports AP.
The Germans survived thanks to a 3 0 victory by Scotland over the Commonwealth of Independent States in a simultaneous game in Norrkoping.
Germany will play hosts Sweden in Stockholm on June 21. while the Dutch will meet Denmark in Goteborg in the second semifinal June 22. The Dutch and the Germans art-favoured to meet again in the June 26 final in Goteborg.
"The Dutch deserved to win, and my thanks go to Scotland. I knew wc could rely on them," said German coach Berti Vogts.
"1 still have the feeling that we'll meet the Germans again.'' said Dutch coach Rinus Michels.
The Dutch won Group 2 with five points, while Germany placed second with three. Scotland and the CIS team finished with two points each.
With their three AC Milanbased stars, Marco Van Bastcn, Frank Rijkaard and Ruud Gullit setting the tone, the Dutch simply outclassed the world champions, especially in the first half.
The Netherlands produced the flashy soccer and deadly finishing that gave them the European title in Germany four years ago.
Rijkaard headed the Dutch into the lead in the fourth minute and Rob Wltschge made it 2-0 in the 15th.
The Germans, badly outplayed in the first half, came back in the second through a goal by Juergcn Klinsmann in the 53rd.
But Dennis Bergkamp's second goal of the tournament In the 72nd minute ended the German rally.
Thousands of orange-clad Dutch supporters among a crowd of 37.725 at Ullevi stadium celebrated noisily the victory over Ihe bitter rivals.
"11 is not every day that wc arc able to overcome Germany's resistance tn such a way. It was a top game. Ihc Dutch team In the first half ^d with a quality that 1
rarely seen." Mfchcl*fsafa.
“The Germans didn't have any grip on our game in the first half," he said. "The first two goals came from standard situations, at crucial moments and gave us a lol of support."
The first Dutch goal canx after a free-kick by Ronald Kocman. His long puss Into ihc area was met by Rijkaard. whose looping header caught Bodo lllgner wrong-footed and sailed into the fur end of the net over the German goalkeeper.
The second goal also canx
slipped ,a short pass to Witschge, who unleashed a right-foot drive from 30 metres that blasted past the German wall into lllgners low left corner.
The stunned Germans were hurting in their reshuffled defence, particularly on the flanks.
Vogts had to do without
Buchwald, who suffered head injuries in Germany's 2-0 victory over Scotland. The reshuffle sent Andreas Brchme lo an unaccustomed role on the right and rarcly-uscd Michael Frontzek to the left. Brchme, a World Cup veteran, had a lot of trouble containing winger Bryan Roy.
With the Dutch controlling the midfield and advancing at will, the Germans were outplayed in a manner rarely seen in recent years.
Van Bastcn crashed a volley from the edge of the penally area Into the bar 25th, and two minutes later Roy ended a solo run by shooting wide.
In a rare German attack, Klinsmann's angled shot from the right was deflected by Hans van Brcukclen.
On the other side, lllgner tamed efforts by Rijkaard and GulliL
In the second half, Vogts left sweeper Manfred Binz 1n the dressing room and brought in Matthias Sart1n^<•^'. with Thomas Helmer taking over as sweeper.
The Germans came out ob viously determined lo make a fight out of II and Thomas Haessler's deflected shot saw van Brcukclen stretch to lip into the corner.
With the Germans pressing ahead, Klinsmann snapped his long scoring drought. Haessler took a corner on the right and Klinsmann, who is leaving Inter Milan for Real Madrid? rose above the Dutch defence and headed powerfully into Ihc
The Germans kept charging forward and the Dutch got a lucky escape tt few minutes later, Klinsmann connected on a long Brchme cross with a header, Rijkaard got his own head into the ball's path, and the deflected shot shook the Dutch bar.
"Wc knew they would try to give us problems in the second half nrwl thrtv rlirl — thr*v UN>rr
very close to pulling level." Michels said.
It became an even contest for a while as the Germans finally began to play in the aggressive style that gave them the World Cup title two years ago.
Haessler, Germany's outstanding man in the tournament. tested Brcukclen from 25 metres (yards) but his shot went just wide.
The Dutch were far from finished. however. Aron Winter, who came in for Frank de Boer In the 62nd, shook off Sammer With a brilliant move, sprinted down the right and sent a perfect cross lo Bergkamp, whose header went past a helpless lllgner.
The goal made the game the highest-scoring of the tournament so far and took the wind out of the German team The Dutch coasted to a big victory that was sweet revenge for a 2 1 loss in the. World Cup ?fiWd JYMW! years i«p. ,
The Dutch beat Germany 2-1 in the European Championship semifinals in 1988 in Germany before going on to win the title.
the second half but I think the half-time score in the Scotland match also helped my players."
"I can only say thank you Scotland for playing the game". He hoped to get another chance against the Dutch in the final.
"I can't say what the side will be to play Sweden but I hope wc can play Holland
Dutch manager Rinus Michels said he knew it was only a matter of time before they started scoring goals.
"My players replied in the best way possible to the people who had doubted us. As a coach I couldn't ask for more. Wc were exceptional in the first half. Wc knew Germany would come back at us in the second half but we resisted and finished well. But Germany are still a very strong side," he said.
Van Bastcn said he was delighted at the way they had played.
"Wc arc really pleased to have beaten Germany in style. I have not had much luck personally but the important thing is wc keep winning." he said.
Van Basten had a perfectly gixxl goal disallowed for offside against the CIS and hit the German bar tonight.
Thomas Doll, a second half substitute, was confident Germany could qualify for the final.
True. Holland were better than us in the first half but we were, the better side in the second half and Just when wc were on the point of equalising they broke away lo score a third." he said.
"But I still think wc can reach the final."
However. German defender Jurgen Kohler warned It would be wrong lo underrate Sweden.
They could be as hard to beat as Holland, especially with their fans behind them." he said.