The Netherlands need a point from its final group game Tuesday against Austria to be sure of reaching the knockout stage of the European Championship, while Austria need a win. (More Football News)
The Dutch team has been supported by tens of thousands of orange-clad fans in Hamburg and Leipzig for its two games so far, and now they take their bright party to Berlin, where the final will be played next month. Perhaps a rehearsal? Kickoff is at 6 p.m. local (1600 GMT).
Here's what to know about the match
Netherlands Vs Austria: Match Facts
바카라 Both the Netherlands and France have four points in Group D, one ahead of Austria, while Poland has no points and was the first team eliminated. France is playing Poland in their final group game at the same time.
바카라 The Dutch have a good record against Austria and will hope to make it eight wins in a row including a group stage victory over Austria in the last edition of the tournament.
바카라 The game will be played in Berlin's Olympiastadion. It will be the Netherlands' first game in the stadium built under the Nazis for the 1936 Olympics.
바카라 Austria hasn't beaten the Oranje since a 3-2 victory in a friendly in Vienna in 1990. The Dutch won both their previous competitive meetings 바카라 at the 1978 World Cup and Euro 2020.
바카라 The Netherlands started Euro 2024 by defeating Poland 2-1 thanks to a late goal from Wout Weghorst, then held France to the first and so far only goalless draw in the tournament. France missed a host of chances to score, while Xavi Simons had a goal ruled out through VAR, much to Dutch coach Ronald Koeman's annoyance.
바카라 Koeman helped the Netherlands win Euro '88 as a player when West Germany hosted the tournament. He's now in his second stint as national team coach.
바카라 Under German coach Ralf Rangnick, Austria lost only one of its 10 qualifying games for Euro 2024, to Belgium 3-2. It was the team's only defeat last year.
바카라 Austria opened Euro 2024 with a 1-0 loss to France, then defeated Poland 3-1.
Netherlands Vs Austria: Team News
바카라 Austria defender Gernot Trauner is out. Rangnick said the 32-year-old will 바카라probably바카라 miss the next game, too, should Austria progress.
바카라 Netherlands counterpart Koeman was due to give an injury update later Monday.
Netherlands Vs Austria: (Stats) By The Numbers
바카라 The Oranje won half of the teams' previous 20 meetings, while Austria won six and there were four draws.
바카라 Austria had never won a match at a Euros until it won two 바카라 over North Macedonia and Ukraine 바카라 at the last edition. The win over Poland was its third tournament win.
Netherlands Vs Austria: What They're Saying
바카라We're playing against an opponent that individually is equally good as France. They don't have quite as many top players, but still many top players. If you look at Holland, the players that haven't played at all yet or have only played a few minutes, they're all international top-class players and they have great individual quality and they're always trying to find some good solutions."
"So, we don't want to allow them that. And in order to have those situations ourselves where we control the game, we need to have a top performance.바카라 바카라 Austria coach Ralf Rangnick.
바카라We have a good team with many different qualities, and I think we're hard to beat. But we have to keep showing that.바카라 바카라 Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo.
