Netherlands vs France Player Ratings: Rabiot and Van Dijk impress in hard fought 0-0 draw

Netherlands vs France Player Ratings: Rabiot and Van Dijk impress in hard fought 0-0 draw

France were held to a boring 0-0 draw against Netherlands in the third game of Friday’s Euro 2024 action.

Kylian Mbappe was watching with a broken nose from the bench as France looked clearly disjointed in attack without their talisman leading the line.

France missed a plethora of chances in the game, but it’s fair to say Netherlands deserved to get something out of that game considering how it all panned out at the Red Bull Arena, the home of football club RB Leipzig.

Netherlands National Football Team Player Ratings vs France

GOALKEEPER

Bart Verbruggen – 7 – Came up with multiple decent saves to keep Netherlands in the game

DEFENDERS

Denzel Dumfries – 5.5 – Handled Rabiot relatively well, but didn’t contribute enough up the field

Stefan de Vrij – 7 – Managed dealing with Griezmann and Thuram pretty well, a stable performance from the centre-back

Virgil van Dijk – 7 – Similar to De Vrij, Van Dijk looked as comfortable on the ball as he did off it, managing every French attack with flair.

Nathan Ake – 5.5 – Was dominated by Dembele throughout the game, didn’t get a chance to express himself

MIDFIELDERS

Tijjani Reijnders – 6 – Had some nice moments in dealing with the French attack from midfield, but was a bit inconsistent in linking with the attacking line

Jerdy Schouten – 6 – Second of two defensive midfielders, Schouten was handed a yellow card which limited his ability to freely express his attacking-breaking talents

Jeremie Frimpong – 5.5 – Was tried in a new role, but was largely ineffective on the right side of midfield, something to think about for the Dutch coach.

Xavi Simons – 6 – A lot was expected out of Simons, but he was inconsistent on the ball whenever he got the chance to impact the game.

Cody Gakpo – 6 – Jules Kounde dealt with the Liverpool man easily. Gakpo couldn’t disturb the French defence as much as he thought he would be able to.

FORWARDS

Memphis Depay – 5 – France blocked Depay from getting any chance to impact the game

SUBSTITUTES

Georginio Wijnaldum – 5

Joey Veermen – 5

Lutsharel Geertruida – 5

Wout Weghorst – 5

MANAGER

Ronald Koeman – 5

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France National Football Team Player Ratings vs Netherlands

GOALKEEPER

Mike Maignan – 7 – Was a spectator for most of the game, but managed to deal with the occasional Netherlands attack

DEFENDERS

Jules Kounde – 6 – Decent outing, not to good, not too bad

Dayot Upamecano – 5.5 – Caught napping once or twice at the back, but was effective against Memphis Depay

William Saliba – 7 – Best one-on-one defender on the pitch including both teams

Theo Hernandez – 6 – Did nothing worthy of note except a brilliant tackle on Frimpong early in the game to save France’s blushes

MIDFIELDERS

Ousmane Dembele – 7 – Nathan Are couldn’t deal with his pace throughout the game

Aurelien Tchouameni – 6 – Still adjusting to a new role for France, did well regardless

N’Golo Kanté – 7 – The only reason why France was able to keep control of the midfield for large parts of the game

Adrien Rabiot – 6 – Should have taken the shot instead of passing it to Griezmann for the best chance of the game which France couldn’t score from

Antoine Griezmann – 6 – Great energy but lacked in the final third

FORWARDS

Marcus Thuram – 5.5 – Some decent runs into the box, nothing apart from that

SUBSTITUTES

Kingsley Coman – 6

Olivier Giroud – 6

MANAGER

Didier Deschamps – 5

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