After Thursday’s draw, the mood among the fans is rather positive. You could often hear that these will be “interesting” duels, because apart from the Netherlands, with which the white and reds played in the last edition, they will be clashes against teams against which the Poles have not played for a long time.
In the Netherlands and Belgium, they focus on the derby
The Dutch media primarily focused on the neighbor, which they have not won in almost 25 years. The “AD” daily indicated that these duels will be extremely important for many reasons. When assessing the lottery, it was indicated mainly who was defined as a “great man”.
Belgian website sporza.be wrote that the national team of this country went to “Holland and Lewandowski”. In the article describing the results of the draw, the focus was mainly on the captain of the white-and-reds and the competition with the neighboring country. Wales was not mentioned at all.
The Welsh media appreciates the rivals
The Belgian newspaper “Het Laatste Nieuws” devoted considerable texts to the duel with. In addition, journalists focused on the biggest stars of all three teams. Players such as Memphis Depay, Robert Lewandowski and Gareth Bale have been addressed in detail.
A branch of the British BBC daily indicated that the local national team faced “tough rivals” in the group stage of the League of Nations. The quarter-finals of Euro 2016 were also recalled, when the Welsh won with Belgium.
The journalists from “Wales Online” commented on individual rivals slightly less, who wrote that the national team of this country “must do their best”. In the context of the white and reds it was written that “it has not been a long time since there was a duel with this rival”.
Source: Sport
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