Looking back on the Group C battle

Let's look back at the Group C battle.

I expected the Netherlands and Ukraine to be 1st and 2nd, but Austria came in 2nd and Ukraine came in 3rd, making these three teams in the top 16. First appearance in North Macedonia was eliminated with three losses.

The Netherlands, which is about to revive under Frank de Boer, won the difficult battle against Austria and Ukraine for the third straight victory. With a record of 8 goals and 2 goals, he advanced to the 16th best.

The first match against Ukraine was a shootout, but it was a big win 3-2. After that, he won 2-0 against Austria and 3-0 against North Macedonia without any danger.

The midfielder's Wijnaldum has 3 goals and the forward's Depay has 2 goals, and the goal getters are scattered, and the atmosphere of total football is returning.

Austria were expected to compete for second place with Ukraine, but defeated Ukraine 1-0 in the final round to take second place with six points.

In this match, Ukraine, who entered the match with some caution, aggressively took the lead in the first half of the match from the beginning and escaped as it was.

There are no star players like this, but the quality of each player's play is high, leaving the impression that the team is cohesive.

Ukraine, led by Shevchenko, lost to the Netherlands 2-3 in the first match, and although they lost, they had great expectations for the subsequent match.

In the following match against North Macedonia, he won 2-1 and in the final match against Austria, he probably faced a strategy of drawing, but in the end it became a lie and finished in 3rd place. He have to be content with it.

Ukraine is the only team in 3rd place to reach the top 16 with 3 points. It was great that he was able to keep the goal difference to -1 with 4 goals and 5 goals.

In the 16th round, I would like to expect aggressive soccer like the first match against the Netherlands.

North Macedonia, who participated for the first time, unfortunately left the tournament without winning a single victory.

However, the football was aggressive, and although the Netherlands were able to score 0 points, they were able to score one goal each in the battle between Austria and Ukraine.

In the first match against Austria, Pandev, a superstar in his home country, scored a goal at the age of 37, and the supporters got excited.

Furthermore, in the final match against the Netherlands, Pandev retired from the national team, and when he left the pitch with a change of players, it was impressive that all the players formed a pair of lines and forgot to leave Pandev.