FARO, Portugal, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Netherlands' Calvin Stengs netted a hat-trick as they easily disposed of Gibraltar 6-0 in their Euro 2024 qualifier on Tuesday although the Dutch did not come anywhere near to France’s record score at the weekend.
Mats Wieffer, Teun Koopmeiners and substitute Cody Gakpo added the other goals for an experimental Dutch side completing their qualifying campaign, having already secured their place at next year’s finals in Germany.
Stengs had the Dutch ahead in the 10th minute and added two more after the break, completing his treble with a strong left- foot effort inside the penalty box.
The Dutch goal haul, however, was nothing near the 14 that France scored against Gibraltar in Nice on Saturday to set a record in the European Championship qualifiers.
They finished second behind France in Group B while Gibraltar ended bottom after losing all eight games, conceding 41 and failing to score.
Persons:
Calvin Stengs, Mats Wieffer, Teun Koopmeiners, Cody Gakpo, Stengs, Ronald Koeman, Jorrel Hato, Virgil van Dijk, Dayle Coleling, Mark Gleeson, Ken Ferris
Organizations:
France, Gibraltar, Ireland, Thomson
Locations:
FARO, Portugal, Netherlands, Gibraltar, Dutch, Germany, Nice, Cape Town