Netherlands 4-0 Belarus: Depay rounds off routine romp

Memphis Depay scored two and got a pair of assists as Netherlands beat Belarus 4-0 to start Euro 2020 qualifying in victorious fashion.

Match Events

1' GOAL! Netherlands 1-0 Belarus (Depay)

Depay scores with the first chance of the game! Shiv’s ball back to Gorbunov doesn’t have enough on it, Depay then intercepts before rounding the keeper and finishing from a tight angle.

10' CHANCE! Depay's shot over the bar

 A one-two looks on between Babel and Bergwijn in the box, but Belarus do well to push the Netherlands back, before Depay tries a powerful shot from range, which goes just wide.

21' GOAL! Netherlands 2-0 Belarus (Wijnaldum)

The Netherlands are cruising and it’s Wijnaldum this time! The midfielder spreads the ball to the right and continues his run towards the box. A cross from Dumfries is then fired in towards Depay, who flicks it on for the Liverpool man to fire home. 

55' Penalty Goal! Netherlands 3-0 Belarus (Depay)

GOOOOAAAAL! Depay sends Gorbunov the wrong way to grab his second of the night from the spot. The Dutch are in complete control and the number 10 is on a hat-trick.

86' GOAL! Netherlands 4-0 Belarus (Van Dijk)

Van Dijk caps off a comprehensive win with an easy header at the back post, with the keeper unable to make up ground in time. 4-0 to Koeman's side. 

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Match Report

Belarus looked doomed inside the first minute when Depay punished a defensive error to become the youngest player to reach 14 Netherlands goals since Patrick Kluivert, and he went on to set up Georginio Wijnaldum for their second in the 21st minute.

Netherlands showed no sign of letting their control slip after the break and Depay extended the lead from the penalty spot following the interval, before Virgil van Dijk wrapped things up as Ronald Koeman's side cruised over the finish line.

Line-ups

Netherlands XI: Ryan Babel, Wijnaldum, D.Blind, M. de Roon, J. Cillessen, Depay, Van Dijk, S. Bergwijn, Denzel Dumfries, Matthijs de Ligt, Frenkie de Jong

Subs: Strootman, J. Zoet, L. de Jong, Pröpper, Van Aanholt, M. Bizot, Steven Berghuis, T. Vilhena, Aké, Q. Promes, K.Tete, Donny van de Beek

Belarus XI: A. Putilo, D. Polyakov, M. Sivakov, Igor Stasevich, Stanislav Dragun, I. Shitov, A. Gorbunov, A. Martynovich, I. Maevski, N. Signevich, Y. Kovalev

Subs: Alyaksandr Hleb, Aleksey Rios, P. Nekhajchik, Sergei Kislyak, J. Kendysh, A. Klimovich, M. Volodko, D. Laptev, P. Savitskiy, A. Saroka, Z. Volkov, Anton Chichkan