Netherlands didn’t have a shot on goal against Czech Republic, first time in 89 games at the European Championship and World Cup

Sunday’s match between the Czech Republic and the Netherlands brought one interesting statistic. The Oranjes failed to have a single shot on target in the entire match. And it happened after a very long time.

in 89 matches at the European and World Championships, the opponents have not been able to defend the Dutch in a way that footballers from North-West Europe have not tried a shot on target. Only on 27 June 2021 did Jaroslav Šilhavy’s selection manage to do so.

It seems almost crazy that the Czech national team managed to give such a great performance, but if we look back at the match again, we will see that not only the four-man defence of Kadeřábek – Kalas – Čelůstka – Coufal gave a great performance.

Tomas Soucek was traditionally strong especially in header duels, and in the first half, the spike striker Patrik Schick also helped the defence in a great way. Of course, we mustn’t forget Tomáš Vaclík, who prevented a huge chance by Malen in goal, who would have been a “great cleaner” alongside Patrik Schick if he had successfully finished his cross.

The last statistic to mention is the number of blocked shots. According to the statistics, the Czech Republic managed to stop a total of 4 Dutch shots. On the other hand, Denzel Dumfries’ block was probably the best, stopping Pavel Kadeřábek’s shot heading into the Dutch goal.

It didn’t change the fact that our team won 2: 0 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Euros against Denmark. And they won a knockout match at the European Championships for the first time in exactly 17 years, beating Denmark 3: 0 in the quarter-finals.

Source: Livesport