Netherlands crushed Malta without problems by group G of UEFA Qualifiers
In a foreseeable exercise of overwhelming domain of Netherlands, Memphis Depay He reached Robin van Persie as top scorer in the history of the Dutch team, both with 50 goals, while fulminating Malta With a double in 16 minutes, to which the goals of Van Dijk, Xavi Simons, Noa Lang, Van de Ven and Malen, with a double, for the final 8-0, for the final 8-0, for the Fourth Group G. of the UEFA qualifiers to the 2026 World Cup.
Tied now at the top, sooner or later Memphis will go beyond Van Persie and half a hundred goals with the ‘oranje’; Eight above Klaas-Jan Hentelaar (42), ten of Patrick Kluivert (40) and thirteen from Dennis Bergkamp, matched with 37 with Arjen Robben and who complete the top positions as scorers of all time.
The news of the game was how Ronald Koeman’s reference, the same one who signed him for Barcelona in the past, wrote a new chapter in his career at his 31 years and in his 102 matches as International (Van Persie marked 50 just in the same number of shocks): He scored the 1-0 penalty and signed the 0-2 with a right, all concentrated in the first quarter of an hour.
Then, in the 21st minute, Virgil Van Dijk expanded a tremendous and expected difference with another shot from outside the area. Malta never won the Netherlands, but never tied him and did not score any goal. The balance is expressive: 0-6 in 1982, 5-0 in 1983, 0-8 in 1990, 1-0 in 1991 and 4-0 and 0-4 in 1995, plus 8-0 on Tuesday. A 36-0.
Because on Tuesday he did not stay in the 3-0 of the break, but insisted on more later. The 4-0 was with a cross shot by Xavi Simons at the time of play. The 22 -year -old Dutch end adds five goals in 28 games as an international with his country.
Then, Donyell Malen, Memphis’s replacement in the 71st minute, rounded the victory with the 5-0 in 74. He still gave, later, the 6-0 to Noa Lang and scored the 7-0 after one of the classic climbs crossing Jong Frenkie lines, headline in the Netherlands.
A forced triumph for the Ronald Koeman team, winner of his two commitments in the classification phase for the 2026 World Cup (the previous one defeated him 0-2 against Finland), within the parameters that describe him as a favorite of his group, which complete Poland and Lithuania, among the swings traveled in this new stage.
The second stage of the Dutch football legend barely includes 16 wins in the 30 duels led by him, with six draws and eight losses, but in addition, he had only won three of his last nine clashes, with five matches and a lost duel, before beating Malta with great authority to Malta at the Euroborg Stadium in Groningue.
