Jack Hendry & Kevin Nisbet Goals see Scotland Hold the ‘Dutch’ to a Thwart 2-2 Draw.
Scotland kicked off their Euro 2020 warmup fixtures to one of Europe’s elite nations, The Netherlands. Frank de Boer named an hefty starting 11 given the news hours earlier that 6 of Scotland first team players did not travel due to a Covid outbreak at the Scotland camp in La Finca.
First Half:
The opening minutes in the tie started off very brightly from Scotland after Steve Clark deployed a high press start seeing Holland on the back foot straight off the bat. More great play from Scotland seconds later saw the ‘Dutch’ lazily giving the ball away to Scotland new boy Jack Hendry who took a sublime first touch then eventually hitting a piledriver into the bottom left corner from 20 years out to make it 0-1 to the ‘Scots’. Shortly after more fantastic play from Scotland seen Lyndon Dykes have a shot from just inside the 12-yard area however routine for Tim Krul.
After minutes of trying to break the weakened Scotland team down, Success finally came when Frankie De Jong sent a perfect searching ball to Memphis Depay who then slotted it past Craig Gordon in an exquisite finish to make it 1-1.
Second Half:
Long into the second half, Scotland set out an fast counter attack after Depay cheaply gave away the ball leading to the Liverpool star man driving down the left flank to make terrific ground. ‘Robbo’ in the end putting in an startling cross finding the Hibs Centre Forward at the back stick to make it 1-2 Scotland just minutes after the Striker came on for Scotland.
Scotland's lead looked uncertain throughout the remainder of the game when Patrick Van Annholt was found dashing towards the Scotland goal. Fanciful work from the Dutch fullback subsequently had a strike which saw Craig Gordon making a remarkable save to deny any efforts for a second goal for the Netherlands.
Joy for Holland finally came after an dazzling effort from Memphis Depay on the 89th min that saw Scotland left shocked with an Sensational free kick to cancel the win for Scotland.
Shortly after, Vitor Ferreira blow the final whistle as Scotland reflect on an impressive performance to see out an overwhelming draw against one of Europe’s elite nations.
Written by Oran Stander
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