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Alyssa Dijkstra, a futsal player from Middelburg, is playing European Championship qualifying matches with the Netherlands in Portugal on 8, 9 and 11 October. The campaign begins with a match against Portugal.
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The Netherlands Under-21 team reached the play-offs for the 2027 European Championship after beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-0 in Doetinchem. The team needed a favourable result in Norway’s match against Israel as well. Norway drew 1-1 with Israel, allowing the Netherlands to move above Israel into second place in the group. Second place qualifies the Netherlands for the play-offs for the tournament in Albania and Serbia.
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The Netherlands beat Serbia 2-1 in Eindhoven in the Nations League, ending Xavi Hernández’s first international window as national coach unbeaten. Joshua Zirkzee scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute. The result was the Netherlands’ second win over Serbia in a week and leaves the team on eight points from four matches; Germany and Greece drew 0-0 in the other match. Captain Virgil van Dijk played his 100th international, becoming the 11th Dutch player to reach that mark, and was honoured after the match. Denzel Dumfries made his 80th appearance. Teun Koopmeiners started alongside Van Dijk in central defence, while goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen made several saves, according to a single report. Xavi said the team had struggled to impose its possession-based approach but had shown a desire to win.