Wijnaldum shines as Goran Pandev made final appearance

Georginio Wijnaldum scored his 24th and 25th goal for the Netherlands in 78 caps,surpassing Marco van Basten and Dirk Kuyt (both 24) and equalling Rafael van der Vaart.

🇳🇱 17 goals in his last 28 games for the Netherlands…
🔝 Two-goal Dutch hero Georginio Wijnaldum = Star of the Match 🔥

Frank de Boer’s side had already secured top spot in Group C as they produced another dominant performance in front of 12,000 fans at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam.

Depay, playing his first game since his move to Barcelona opened the scoring Wijnaldum wrapped the game up in the second half with two goals in seven minutes.

The Dutch will travel to Budapest for their last-16 tie, where they will face the third-placed finisher from Group D, E or F on 27 June.

Meanwhile, Northern Macedonia all time record appearance holder, and captain Goran Pandev was giving a guard of honor by his teammates after he made his 122 appearances.

The 37-years-old Veteran striker, was substituted in the 69th minute as the curtain came down on his international career as his countries all time record goalscorer, with 38 goals, almost twice as many as the next player on the list.

Goran Pandev’s international career is 20 years old, the Netherlands showed their respect for Pandev with a Dutch shirt 👕

Goran Pandev receives Dutch shirt 👕

Tournament debutants North Macedonia, became the first team to be eliminated after defeats against Austria and Ukraine, were not bowing out without a fight and just the fourth team to lose all of their matches on their first appearance at a European Championship finals, after Turkey in 1996, Denmark in 1964 and France in the inaugural tournament in 1960.


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