The Netherlands face European champions Spain in the first leg of their Nations League quarter-final in Rotterdam.
Spain come into the match looking to defend the title they won in 2023, when a 5-4 victory over Croatia on penalties gave them their maiden Nations League success.
La Roja have been in fine form since winning Euro 2024 in July, with five wins and one draw from their six matches. Contrastingly, the Dutch have seen mixed results after reaching the semi-finals of the Euros, with two wins, three draws and a loss in their group campaign.
This makes the visitors overwhelming favourites ahead of the tie, with the second leg to come in Valencia on Sunday. Follow all the latest build-up, team news and updates from De Kuip below:
FULL-TIME! Netherlands 2-2 Spain
The referee brings the game to an end and a fascinating contest ends all-square in Rotterdam!
Netherlands 2-2 Spain
90 +5 mins
Chance for a winner here? Surely the last kick of the game as Porro delivers a free-kick…
It’s headed away and on the follow-up someone is offside…
GOAL! Netherlands 2-2 Spain
90 +3 mins
GOAL! Spain have levelled!
It’s messy but they won’t care.
Williams picks the ball up on the right and cuts back outside, eventually hitting a tame shot at goal, but Verbruggen’s sight path is blocked and he can only palm it straight to Merino, who taps into a nearly empty net!
Netherlands 2-1 Spain
90 +1 mins
Another late change as Reijnders comes off for Wieffer.
Netherlands 2-1 Spain
There’ll be five minutes of stoppage time here. It begins with a Dutch counter, but Gakpo is too isolated.
Netherlands 2-1 Spain
Spain have all the ball now, as you might expect, with van Dijk hooking away a last-ditch clearance most recently.
Netherlands 2-1 Spain
Changes from both sides in the last few minutes as Mikel Merino came on for Ruiz and Depay made way for Matthijs de Ligt.
Netherlands 2-1 Spain
Le Normand is okay to carry on, and Spain look to press home their advantage.
They have half a chance almost right away after some great work from Huijsen, who picks the ball up and threads a great pass to Williams. He cuts inside and gets off a well-hit strike, but it’s too close to Verbruggen.
RED CARD! Netherlands 2-1 Spain
Hato is shown a straight red! He goes flying in, low and studs-up on Le Normand, and the referee doesn’t hesitate.
Very few protests from Hato either.
Netherlands 2-1 Spain
There could be trouble here as Hato has gone flying in on Le Normand…
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