Netherlands brush aside Iceland in Euro warm up
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The Netherlands beat Iceland 4-0 on Monday in Rotterdam in their final Euro warm-up match
ROTTERDAM (Netherlands) (AFP) – The Netherlands beat Iceland 4-0 on Monday in Rotterdam in their final warm-up match before leaving for the European Championship in Germany.
Xavi Simons tapped in his first international goal to give the Dutch a 23rd minute lead.
Virgil Van Dijk nodded in the second after 48 minutes.
Donyell Malen, who had come on three minutes earlier, ran onto to a precise pass from Memphis Depay for the third in the 78th minute.
Wout Weghorst was an 84th minute replacement and scored the final goal from close range from a Malen cross three minutes into added time.
The Dutch had also won their previous warm up game 4-0 against Canada on June 6.
Iceland had beaten England 1-0 at Wembley on Friday.
The Netherlands kick off their Euro 2024 campaign against Poland on June 16 and then play France and Austria in Group D.
