Denzel Dumfries earned the Dutch a point at home to Germany, while Greece struck twice in Dublin to leave Republic of Ireland pointless
Shareand captain Joshua Kimmich netted the second for a 2-1 halftime lead after Tijjani Reijnders had scored for the Dutch after 100 seconds. Denzel Dumfries levelled early in the second half in a game played at a quick tempo and with occasional flashes of temper to make it a spicy derby.got off to a dream start at the Johan Cruyff Arena. Ryan Gravenberch’s perfect through ball set Reijnders away to tuck the ball beyond goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen and into the net.
Nathan Aké went off just before half time with a suspected hamstring injury, replaced by Jurriën Timber, and Ronald Koeman replaced De Ligt with Brighton’s Jan Paul van Hecke at the interval. Five minutes into the second half, striker Brian Brobbey held off defenders square for Dumfries to level the game.
It might have been different had Chiedozie Ogbene not strayed offside before producing a superb first-half finish from Jayson Molumby’s pass. After a competitive first period,went ahead within five minutes of the restart as Ioannidis curled a left-footed shot past Caoimhin Kelleher from the edge of the penalty area.Jason Knight headed wide from an Ogbene cross as the Republic responded, with Hallgrímsson also throwing on striker Evan Ferguson for Molumby just past the hour mark.
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