Netherlands cruise past Austria 3-1 in international football friendly
The Netherlands beat Austria 3-1 in an international friendly played at the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dirk-Kuyt-c11348 each scored as the Oranje cruised to victory. It was an impressive performance from the home side
as they extended their winning streak to six games.
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The Netherlands enjoyed a long spell of possession from the start of the game and came close of scoring twice in the opening ten minutes. The Oranje came extremely close of gaining a lead in the 18th minute, when Emanuel Pogatez gifted the ball
to Kuyt in an attempt to prevent the corner and the winger immediately fed Huntelaar. The Schalke striker tried to chip it, but the ball deflected off an Austrian for a corner. Austria came close from their first chance in the half-hour mark, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marko-Arnautovic-c24157
after playing one two with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Alaba-c10416 saw his shot sail high and wide of the goal.
The Netherlands immediately took the lead on the 28th minute mark courtesy of Wesley Sneijder. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Theo-Janssen-c34871 on the edge of the box and smashed a volley into the net to make it 1-0 for the
home side. The Oranje side continued to dominate the play until http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Austria-c2844 came close of an equalizer just before the half-hour mark. The delivery from a corner landed in Franz Schiemer’s feet, but the defender blasted the ball over the bar from five yards. The
Netherlands went into the first-half as the better of the two sides.
The home side made two changes at the interval, goal scorer Wesley Sneijder and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Peter-Wisgerhof-c29829. The Netherlands doubled their lead with two minutes into the second-half. Huntelaar scored his 26th
international goal after a superb build up play from the substitute Elia and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Erik-Pieters-c12766. The Oranje were in complete control of the game now as they looked for another goal to seal the match. Huntelaar came extremely close to score his second goal of the
evening. His powerful shot from close range was beautifully stopped by the Austrian keeper.
On the 70th minute mark, the Austrian defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Florian-Klein-c13854 handled the ball in his own penalty area. The referee pointed to the spot, Kuyt hammered the penalty to seal a well deserved game for the Netherlands.
Later in the game, Austria managed to find a consolation goal through Arnautovic. The home side cruised to a win after impressing with some nice attacking football after the break.
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