Wales Women 0 – 3 Netherlands Women

Vivianne Miedema scored her 100th international goal while the first Wales tournament ended with a 3-0 defeat against the Netherlands in Lucerne.

The Manchester City striker covered the house on the edge of the region at the start of the half-time to start the scoring against Wales, which is the least classified team of the tournament.

Victoria Pelova and Esmee Brugts were denied after the break, transforming the result into a declaration victory in group D, which also includes France and England.

Wales will feel that the game has just moved away from them after their admirable efforts during the first period frustrated the 2017 European Champions.

Although Olivia Clark was called in an early judgment to prevent Miedema, Wales kept the Netherlands at a distance for large periods, trying to gather their own openings with Ceri Holland and Hannah Cain combining from the start.

However, signs of warning Dutch quality have emerged when Jill Roord left remotely, shaking the post with a stolen effort. The audacity of his strike paved the way in Miedema to put his nation in the driver’s seat, becoming the first Dutch player in the history of women and men to reach a century of goals for Oranje.

It was the worst time possible for the country of Wales to be conceded, because perhaps still shaken by the opener, they allowed Pelova with casualness to do it two when Danielle Van de Donk ran on a long ball above, before putting the middle of the Arsenal midfielder who had all the time in the world to choose his place after the closed in the region.

The Dutchman added a third when the former Manchester United midfielder Jackie Groenen, from the edge of the box, rebounded from the bar. The Dutch kept it alive, with the supplier of turning in Pelova this time, choosing high and large brugs to guide at home in the great post.

Without an offside flag, three could easily have become four when a freshly introduced Lineth Beerensteyn, which replaced Miedema, had the ball at the back of the net.

Beerensteyn’s impact was part of a dominant end of the Dutch match, who provided a baptism of fire to the Dragons, who are preparing to overthrow things against France on Wednesday. The Netherlands will face their former boss, Sarina Wiegman and her reigning champions, England, then.

Wilkinson: intimidating step but we will take the lessons

Wales chief Rhian Wilkinson::

“We have a hard group, there is no doubt about it. What we talked about as a group is how we present ourselves in this trip, and we assure that we are proud of the effort we make, in what we are trying to make, and I think we are going to catch people off guard. So you see moments in the game where we play.

“I made some changes at half-time and I think it cost us a second objective, so it is a technical learning for us. It was a fantastic performance of the Dutch; We set up the line and rolled our luck.

“We just have to do more opportunities and make sure that these failures become less and less.

Country of battered wales … but not downstairs

Sky Sports News’ Geraint Hughes at Allmend Stadion Luzern:

“Not unexpected. The first objective was Midedema’s world class. This clearly, before half-time, is not a good time to concede. Rhian Wilkinson supported his hands, at halftime, they tried to cross tactical changes, and they feel they precipitated them.

“And one of these key changes that they did not quickly reach the players were exactly how the second goal was conceded. Once this goal entered, it was roughly the game. Any type of nerves they had been put on the side, and they started to purr like the side they are.

“What Wales did not do is that they did not fall back or did not lie down. They fought, this is what Wales will have to do. There is the reality of the Wales Camp that it is a learning trip.

“It is not a big surprise that they were beaten and beaten comfortably by the Netherlands. They made mistakes that they hope to rectify when they play France on Wednesday.”