Hamburg 15 June 2024 – The curtain has risen Euro 2024with a resounding success for the home team Germany by 5-1 on Scotland. A busy calendar with three matches a day for the next 11 days, which will decide which of the 24 teams qualified for this final phase of the European Championships will compete for the continental title in the direct elimination phase of this German event. Opening the dance in Group D will be Poland And Holland. On the one hand the Orange, always a loose cannon of the continental competition, and eternally unfinished, meet the red and whites led by the immense talent of Lewandowski, for two teams that certainly cannot be kept out of the list of possible trophy surprises. The match will be played at Volksparkstadion Of Hamburg and will see kick-off at 3pm.
There Poland has a historically conflictual relationship with the European Championship, where it has historically struggled to qualify, only succeeding consistently in the last sixteen years, arriving with Euro 2024 to five consecutive participations. A sensational difference compared to the World Championships where between the 70s and 80s they actually obtained two bronze medals in the World Championship. The best result ever at a continental red and white event was a France 2016when Lewandowski and his companions surrendered to Portugalthen Campione, on penalties, where the striker’s advantage was today at BarcelonaHe answered Renato Sanches. The team led by Probierz is a clever mix of physicality and talent, with flexible players capable of making the difference in every department. A team full of players from A league or who have in any case known the local championship. Starting with the goalkeepers, two out of three of whom play in Italy (Szczesny And Skorupski), there are a total of 9 Poles coming from Italy, to which are added three other ex-Italian teams (Solomon, Kiwior And Piatek). A team whose backbone rests heavily on its talents abroad, with a cutting edge, in the true sense of the word in Robert Lewandowski.
It is no longer the Dutch team of Milan, but beware of underestimating the Netherlands. The Northern European team is a team of great technical quality in every area of the pitch, which when it finds the right generation of talents always manages to touch the highest peaks of global football. However, it is not wrong to define the Orange team as having declined in recent years: the era of Arjen Robben And Wesley Sneijder in fact the selection missed two very important appointments such as Euro 2016 and the World Cup 2018two big holes in the water from which we have tried to rebuild, but where a bit of work is still missing to return the team to the highest European and world levels. Koeman had made some unpopular choices, above all the exclusion of Bologna’s talent, Joshua Zirkzee, but then the injuries of Brobbey And Koopmeiners they forced him to retrace his steps, recalling both the rossoblu and Maatsen. However, the balance on the pitch is still to be defined and in a complicated group like the one the Netherlands are part of, the team is a real loose cannon.
The designation UEFA for the challenge between Poland And Holland he chose Portuguese Artur Soares Dias to follow the match at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg. The Portuguese whistle will be assisted by Paulo Soares and Pedro Ribiero, his compatriots, with the Bosnian Irfan Peljto as fourth official. In the Var room another Portuguese, namely Tiago Martins, with the two German assistants Christian Dingert and Marco Fritz. For Soares Dias it will be the thirtieth management of the season, the second in terms of National Selections, after having directed the friendly match in March between England And Brazil. For the Lusitanian whistle also the honor of directing the Conference League final of this season between Olympiacos And Florentine.
Probable lineups
The Polish coach Probierz we start again from 3-5-2 with captain Szczesny as a bulwark of the red and white door. In front of him is a runoff between Dawidowicz and Walukiewicz for who will be the central defender, while the arms will be Bednarek and the former Spezia Kiwior. On the flanks Frankowski and the Romanist Zalewskithey will support Szymanski, Zielinski And Slisz. Robert Lewandowski was greatly absent in attack, the physical problem suffered in the friendly did not affect his presence, but he will certainly not be in the match against the Netherlands. In his place the former Milan player Piatekflanked by one of BuksaUrbanski and Swiderski, with the Antalyaspor player favored over the Bologna talent and the Verona striker.
Lots of knowledge of the Italian championship on the pitch too Koeman in Holland’s continental debut. Before Flekken in fact the three-man line will be made up of former Juventus players De Ligtwith Van Dijk And Ake. The AC Milan player in midfield Reijnders will join the former Bologna player Schoutenwhile the Inter player Dumfries And Bill they will occupy the lanes. Young talent in attack Xavi Simons And Cody Gakpo will support the experience of Memphis Depayonly bench initially for Zirkzee, recalled at the last second due to the injury of Brobbey and the Atalanta player Koopmeiners.
Poland (3-5-2): Szczesny; Bednarek, Dawidowicz, Kiwior; Frankowski, S. Szymanski, Zielinski, Slisz, Zalewski; Buksa, Piatek. CT. Michal Probierz.
Holland (3-5-2): Flekken; De Ligt, Van Dijk, Aké; Dumfries, Reijnders, Schouten, Blind; Simons, Depay, Gakpo. CT. Ronald Koeman.
Where to watch the match
The match between Poland And Holland of the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, valid for the first day of Group D of Euro 2024will begin at 3pm on Sunday 16 June 2024. The match will be visible exclusively on Skylive on the channels Sky Sports One (satellite number 201), Sky Sports Football (satellite number 202), Sky Sports 4K (satellite channel 213) and on Sky Sport channel 251. The match will also be available in streaming on NOW. You can follow the match by downloading the app on your smart TV or by connecting the TV to a PlayStation 4/5, Xbox console, or to a TIMVISION BOX, to an Amazon Fire TV Stick or Google Chromecast device. Viewing also possible via app or website NOW on tablets, PCs and smartphones. For those who have subscribed to Sky Sports, the match will also be available in streaming on Sky Go. The commentators chosen by the platform to describe the meeting are Andrea Marinozzi and Laura Giuliani.
