Netherlands U19’s are out of the European Championships after a 5-1 hammering against France.

  • By Michael Bell
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nouri u19 nethGoing into the final group game, Aron Winter’s side only needed a draw to reach the semi-finals, but that never seemed likely as France completely dominated the game from the start and humiliated the young Dutch side.

Kylian Mbappe Lottin opened the scoring for France in the opening ten minutes, and PSG’s Jean-Kevin Augustin made it 2-0 on the half hour mark. Netherlands gave themselves hope before the break when Steven Bergwijn was brought down in the box and Abdelhak Nouri netted from the penalty spot.

However, after the break France ran riot with Augustin scoring two to complete his hat-trick, while Lottin added his second to make it 5-1 at the end.

France progress to the semi-finals, while Netherlands face Germany in a third place play-off for a U20 World Cup spot on Thursday.




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