Danielle van de Donk’s great goal gave the Netherlands a 3-2 victory over Portugal on Wednesday to put the protective champions at the top of the Women’s Euro 2022 Group C table.
Damaris Egurrola gave the Dutch, whose side struck from injuries and illnesses this week, a seventh-minute lead with a well-finished header from a corner and they looked headed for a comfortable victory when Stefanie van der Gragt headed in for the moment nine minutes later.
But Portugal, the lowest-ranked team at the time of the tournament, who had retaliated after two goals early in the match for a 2-2 draw in their first match against Switzerland, once back showed admirable resilience.
Carole Costa got a goal out of the goal, seven minutes before the break, after a long VAR review that had brought down Diana Silva through Dominique Janssen.
Then, two minutes after the break, Portugal equalised with a silva return with a bit of luck to a beautiful Costa centre.
The Dutch thought they soon regained their lead thanks to Jill Roord, but their effort was nullified for offside after another lengthy VAR review.
But a sublime strike from Van de Donk in the 62nd minute finished off the equalizer when the midfielder recovered the ball on the edge of the domain and curled a beautiful shot into the last corner.
The Dutch, who miss forward Vivianne Miedema after a Covid-19 result, are four points off two matches, tied with Sweden, with Portugal and Switzerland at one point each. bench to score with a thunderous shot in the 2-1 win over a Swiss team also plagued by the disease.
The Netherlands will face Switzerland at their highest level of organisation at Bramall Lane, while Portugal will face Sweden at Leigh Sports Village. Both meetings are scheduled for July 17.
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The canopy will be anchored through Sky Sports WSL presenter Caroline Barker along with Jessica Creighton and Kyle Walker. Meanwhile, Karen Carney, Sue Smith, Courtney Sweetman-Kirk and Laura Bassett will investigate the tournament.
They will be joined by experienced England goalkeeper Karen Bardsley and Manchester City defender Esme Morgan.
Experts and presenters will paint from the Sky Sports Women’s Euro 2022 cellular presentation bus, which will join the Sky Sports News team across the country to the stadiums where the matches take place.
In addition, Sky Sports’ Essential Football podcast will change its name for the tournament to a Sky Sports Women’s Euros podcast from 21 June. Hosted by Charlotte Marsh and Anton Toloui, it will feature exclusive news and player interviews, plus an alternative program about the tournament.
Group A: England, Austria, Norway, Northern Ireland
Group B: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Spain
Group C: Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Switzerland
Group D: France, Italy, Belgium, Iceland
group stage
Wednesday, July 6
Group A: England 1-0 Austria
Thursday, July 7
Group A: Norway 4-1 Northern Ireland
Friday, July 8
Group B: Spain 4-1 Finland
Group B: Germany 4-0 Denmark
Saturday, July 9
Group C: Portugal 2-2 Switzerland
Group C: Netherlands 1-1 Sweden
Sunday, July 10
Group D: Belgium 1-1 Iceland
Group D: France 5-1 Italy
Monday, July 11
Group A: Austria 2-0 Northern Ireland
Group A: England 8-0 Norway
Tuesday, July 12
Group B: Denmark 1-0 Finland
Group B: Germany 2-0 Spain
Wednesday, July 13
Group C: Sweden 2-1 Switzerland
Group C: Netherlands 3-2 Portugal
Thursday, July 14
Group D: Italy vs Iceland – start at 17:00, Manchester City Academy Stadium
Group D: France vs Belgium – start 8pm, New York Stadium
Friday, July 15
Group A: Northern Ireland vs England – start at 8 p. m. m. , St Mary’s
Group A: Austria vs Norway – start at 8pm, Brighton and Hove Community Stadium
Saturday, July 16
Group B: Finland vs Germany – start 8pm, MK Stadium
Group B: Denmark vs Spain – start at 20:00 h, London Community Stadium
Sunday, July 17
Group C: Switzerland vs Netherlands – start at 5pm, Bramall Lane
Group C: Sweden vs Portugal – start at 17:00, Leigh Sports Village
Monday, July 18
Group D: Iceland vs France – start 8pm, New York Stadium
Group D: Italy vs Belgium – start at 8pm, Manchester City Academy Stadium
knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, July 20
Quarterfinals 1: Group A winners vs. Second Group B – start at 8 p. m. m. , Brighton and Hove Community Stadium
Thursday, July 21
Quarterfinals 2: Winners of Group B vs. Second Group A – start at 8:00 p. m. m. , London Community Stadium
Friday, July 22
Quarterfinals 3: Group C vs. Second winner of Group D – start at 8 p. m. m. , Leigh Sports Village
Quarterfinals 4: Group D winners vs. Second Group C – start at 8 p. m. m. , New York Stadium
Semifinals
Tuesday, July 26
Semi-final 1: Winners quarter-finals 1 Winners quarter-final 3 – start 20h, Bramall Lane
Wednesday, July 27
Semifinal 2: Winner quarterfinals 2 vs. Winner quarterfinals – start 20h, MK Stadium
Ending
Sunday, July 31
Winners Semi-final 1 vs. Winners Semi-final 2 – start 5pm, Wembley