EURO 2020 Qualifiers: Wijnaldum PUSH Netherlands close after hitting two goals; Belarus 1 - 2 Netherlands
They occupy the top of the table with 15 points surpassing Germany who have a game in hand
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Netherland need a point in their next game in Belfast to qualify to the Euro 2020 Qualifiers following their victory over Belarus at the Dinamo Stadium on Sunday evening.
Two goals from Gini Wijnaldum in the first half kept optimisms high for the Oranjes before Dragun plucked one back.
Memphis Depay could not feature due to his thigh injury. Ronald Koeman opted for Donyell Malen for his place instead.
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The Dutch decently controlled the ball in the early stages of the game and looked to hit the ball in the spaces upfront. There was a big scramble in the Oranjes box in the 26-minute as a Belarus ball was whipped in. It went through Van Dijk's legs but fluffed once by the hosts and then a second time, Laptev shanked wide on the spin.
De Ligt hurts himself making a super block in the process but he was all fine to continue after some treatment.
Gini Wijnaldum grabbed the opener for the away side in the 32-minute. The Liverpool man rose between two white shirts to meet a perfectly weighted ball in from Promes from the right.
Gini scored a scorcher four minutes to end the second half. He trapped a Bergwijn pass, took a touch and fired from range into the top corner.
Belarus were given an insurance of hope after Dragun dragged a goal back in the 54-minute. It was a super ball in from Polyakov that Van Dijk looked sure to deal with against his diminutive opponent but the ball went over his head and Dragun had space to direct a powerful header past Cillessen.
The home side leaped enough pressure on the Oranjes for the leveler but a compact Dutch side kept them banned from clinching the equalizer. A double change was introduced for the Dutch- De Jong and De Roon came on for Promes and Van De Beek.
Gini almost completed his hat trick in the 79-minute to restore their two-goal advantage. The two goal-hero wriggled free in the box and played in Malen - but the 'keeper Gutor made a smart close-range stop.
The match ended 2-1 in favor of the Dutch.
