History of confrontation between Romania and the Netherlands: "Fat prey"

The Netherlands and Romania will clash in the round of 16 of EURO 2024 at 11pm tonight, July 2. Although they did not play really well in the group stage, the Netherlands team will still be rated higher with quality names in the squad.

The history of confrontation between the two sides is also completely in favor of the "Orange Storm" when in 13 meetings, the Netherlands won 9, drew 3 and lost only 1 match against Romania (lost 0-1 in the EURO 2008 qualifiers).

In the last 5 matches in all competitions, the Netherlands also won 4 times, most of which were big wins.

However, at the present time, Romania is not an easy opponent to bully, so coach Ronald Koeman's team promises to face many challenges even though this has always been a "fat prey" in the past.

Romania's best was shown in the group stage, the Netherlands certainly studied their opponent's playing style and came up with countermeasures. The Netherlands are also rated higher in terms of squad quality, especially the players on the bench. Not only that, the Orange Hurricane is also superior to their opponents in terms of head-to-head results, as long as they play to their full potential, the Netherlands is capable of defeating Romania in 90 minutes.