Amsterdam, MINA – The friendly match between the Netherlands and Norway at the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam on Friday was held without key players in attack.
Memphis Depay for the Netherlands and Erling Haaland for Norway, both mainstays and leading scorers for their respective national teams, played without them.
Early in the first half, the Netherlands applied pressure with two corner kicks, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
Despite dominating possession, in the 24th minute, Denmark broke the deadlock through an individual effort by Andreas Schjelderup (21).
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The Benfica player controlled the ball in the right corner of the penalty box and finally found space to shoot. He curled the ball past goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen (1). The ball hit the post and bounced in.
Goal. The score moved to 0-1 in Denmark’s favor.
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It took 35 minutes for the hosts to score through Virgil van Dijk (4), who won an aerial battle to meet a corner kick from his teammate.
Van Dijk slotted the ball straight into the net. Goal.
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The score was 1-1.
That score remained until halftime. []
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
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