Tijjani Reijnders shines with the Netherlands in his first match at Euro2024: the report of the AC Milan midfielder’s debut against Poland
Our story of the footballers begins Milan commit to Euro2024: let’s start from Tijjani Reijnders, who today won his first outing against Poland as a starter with his Netherlands 2-1. Initially deployed in three-quarters in a 4-2-3-1, his heat map he says that his favorite area of the pitch becomes that of a left midfielder. The Rossoneri’s 14 remained on the pitch Volksparkstadion of Hamburg for the entire duration of the match, confirming himself as the pivot of a midfield already without two references as Frenkie De Jong And Teun Koopmeiners.
The report of his race
The game of Reijnders is mainly characterized by insertions without the ball inside the area (even if often not served), clean balls in the middle of the pitch and lots of running. Unlike what he showed for a good part of his first year at Milan, the Dutchman touched a lot of balls (57, the seventh among the Dutch) becoming the pivot of a midfield in which he had the task of speed up the offensive maneuver.
On one occasion in particular it even arrived close to the goal. During the first half, with his national team trailing 0-1, he entered with perfect timing and kicked wide after being rewarded by a cutback inside the area. Tijjani’s match against Poland cannot go unnoticed also for the numbers: 41/45 passes (91%), 4 shots, 5 tackles and several km travelled.
