Orange women are ashamed after failure: ‘It does not suit the Netherlands’

The Orange Women are hard in their decisions about their game in the last half hour of the friendly against England. The British went from 1-1 to 5-1 after a missed penalty by Sherida Spitse, which was the final score at Elland Road on Friday.

“We should be ashamed,” said Daniëlle van de Donk just after the camera’s final whistle. ILLUMINATED† “The distances on the pitch have become so great while England are playing fantastic. We have to see this as a learning moment for the European Championship.”

The European Championship for Orange starts two weeks later with a tough group match against Sweden. Stefanie van der Gragt said there is still a lot to do in the next two weeks. “He will really have to get better against Sweden, because that does not suit the Netherlands,” said Van der Gragt. “We’ll wear it after the rest.”

However, the players also emphasized the good first half in which the Netherlands took a 0-1 lead against national coach Sarina Wiegman thanks to a wonderful header from Lieke Martens. The Netherlands could have taken the lead in the 52nd minute, but Spitse took a penalty from off the post. “Better than that I will now miss him at the European Championship,” said the midfielder during his two-hundred-year international match.

The English have scored at least four goals in the past twenty minutes.

“We had less forward momentum”

According to Spitse, Orange players should understand that not everything is bad, despite the painful outcome. “In the first half we played with a good intensity. But in the second half we had less striker power and the holes got bigger.”

The 32-year-old Spitse, who wore the captain’s armband against England for the anniversary international, saw the missed penalty as an important moment. “If I shoot this penalty, the game will be very different. We must not forget this. A lot went well, but some things could have been better.”

The Orange squad has two more games until the start of the European Championship. On Tuesday, the World Cup qualifiers will be played against Belarus and on Saturday, July 2, a friendly against Finland will be played.

Goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal made a few mistakes.