Tor Festival – Netherlands humiliates Greece

The Netherlands scored 7-0 (5-0) against Greece for the group final in the Nations League against Germany on Monday (8.45 p.m./ARD and in the live ticker on WELT) in Berlin. In Amsterdam, the Elftal overran the completely overwhelmed Greeks at half time. Tijjani Reijnders shone with a hat trick.

The striker from Al-Qadisiyah in Saudi Arabia made everything clear for the Dutch within 21 minutes (12th, 18th, 33rd) after Crysencio Summerville's lead (6th minute). Jurrien Timber (40th, 59th) was able to celebrate his first international goals, Donyell Malen (62nd) scored the final goal.

The scoring was initiated by a double shot from former VfB Stuttgart professional Konstantinos Mavropanos, who unfortunately played the ball into the feet of the hosts twice. Summerville switched quickest and pushed past the pitiful visiting goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis on the left.

Current or former Borussia Dortmund players played a decisive role in the following four goals before the break: Joey Veerman, who has only been with BVB for a few months, started the 2-0 and 4-0 with magical passes, and the former Dortmund player Malen shone as a preparer for the 3-0 and 5-0.

If there was anything going on with Greece, it was via Dortmund's Konstantinos Karetsas. The guests definitely had their chances, but were unsuccessful in the end - or were called back by the VAR, as was the case with the supposed 1:3 in the 24th minute, when the ball jumped to Fotis Ioannidis's hand in front of his goal.

In the second half, Timber and Malen made it clear within two minutes that there would be no way back into the game for the Greeks. In the final phase, bond coach Xavi Hernández gave numerous substitute players a chance.

Meanwhile, Switzerland secured victory in Group 5 of League B with a 0-0 draw in Slovenia. The national team, coached by Murat Yakin, gave up points for the first time this Nations League season, is five points ahead of the Slovenians before the last match day and is therefore safely promoted to League A.