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Cody Gakpo's goal was his seventh for the NetherlandsLiverpool's Cody Gakpo was on the scoresheet as the Netherlands beat Greece in Euro 2024 qualifying.
Marten de Roon opened the scoring from eight yards out with his first international goal before Gakpo chested down a Denzel Dumfries cross and smashed home.
Wout Weghorst, on loan at Hoffenheim from Burnley, headed in a third from another Dumfries cross.
The Netherlands move above Greece into second place in Group B.
France, who beat the Republic of Ireland 2-0 in Paris, are nine points clear at the top - albeit having played two games more.
Line-ups
Netherlands
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1Flekken
- 2Geertruida
- 4van DijkBooked at 90mins
- 5AkéBooked at 43minsSubstituted forde Vrijat 45'minutes
- 22DumfriesSubstituted forde Ligtat 85'minutes
- 15de RoonSubstituted forReijndersat 65'minutes
- 21F de JongSubstituted forVeermanat 77'minutes
- 17Blind
- 7Simons
- 8GakpoSubstituted forLangat 65'minutes
- 9Weghorst
Substitutes
- 3de Ligt
- 6de Vrij
- 10Lang
- 11Berghuis
- 12Hartman
- 13Verbruggen
- 14Reijnders
- 16Veerman
- 18Malen
- 19Wieffer
- 20Koopmeiners
- 23Noppert
Greece
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Vlachodimos
- 15RotaSubstituted forGiannoulisat 69'minutes
- 4Retsos
- 17Hatzidiakos
- 21TsimikasBooked at 44mins
- 23SiopisBooked at 11mins
- 6KourbelisBooked at 68minsSubstituted forKoulierakisat 70'minutes
- 7MasourasSubstituted forFountasat 70'minutes
- 11BakasetasSubstituted forBouchalakisat 77'minutes
- 20MantalosBooked at 75mins
- 9PavlidisSubstituted forGiakoumakisat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Papanikolaou
- 3Koulierakis
- 5Bouchalakis
- 8Ioannidis
- 10Pelkas
- 12Paschalakis
- 13Athanasiadis
- 14Fountas
- 16Chatzigiovanis
- 18Limnios
- 19Giakoumakis
- 22Giannoulis
Live Text
Match ends, Netherlands 3, Greece 0.
Second Half ends, Netherlands 3, Greece 0.
Attempt missed. Wout Weghorst (Netherlands) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Noa Lang following a fast break.
Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands).
Taxiarchis Fountas (Greece) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joey Veerman (Netherlands).
Kostas Tsimikas (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Netherlands. Matthijs de Ligt replaces Denzel Dumfries.
Attempt missed. Petros Mantalos (Greece) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Taxiarchis Fountas with a cross.
Attempt saved. Tijjani Reijnders (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wout Weghorst.
Substitution, Greece. Andreas Bouchalakis replaces Anastasios Bakasetas.
Substitution, Netherlands. Joey Veerman replaces Frenkie de Jong.
Foul by Xavi Simons (Netherlands).
Petros Mantalos (Greece) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Petros Mantalos (Greece) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Xavi Simons (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Petros Mantalos (Greece).
Substitution, Greece. Giorgos Giakoumakis replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
Foul by Stefan de Vrij (Netherlands).
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