Netherlands vs Greece player ratings — Reijnders scores hat-trick Dutch win 7-0 in UEFA Nations League

Jurrien Timber (left) and Tijjani Reijnders led the scoring charts, with five goals between them in their UEFA Nations League match against Greece. | Photo Credit: REUTERS

The Netherlands routed Greece 7-0 in a statement Nations League victory to stay unbeaten under new coach Xavi.

Tijjani Reijnders scored a hat-trick, and Jurrien Timber had two goals in a rampant win for the Netherlands, which was 5-0 up by halftime and equalled the biggest win in the eight-year history of the Nations League.

“The first half was amazing, so I have to congratulate the players. But it’s just one game,” Xavi said. “We need to continue like this, but this is the way. The players are training so hard. I’m very proud of them.”

Beaming and holding up three fingers, Reijnders celebrated a hat-trick which came off a series of slick team moves to tear apart the Greek defence in Amsterdam.

Crysencio Summerville got the Netherlands started with a sixth-minute opener before Reijnders scored three in the space of 21 minutes, Timber added two more and Donyell Malen a seventh.

The Netherlands joins England, Germany and Finland as the fourth team to win a Nations League game by seven goals. England’s 7-0 win over Croatia came just last month.

Netherlands vs Greece player ratings

Netherlands: Bart Verbruggen (7.0/10), Denzel Dumfries (9.0/10), Jan Paul van Hecke (8.0/10), Micky van de Ven (8.0/10), Jurriën Timber (9.0/10), Joey Veerman (8.0/10), Tijjani Reijnders (10.0/10), Frenkie de Jong (8.0/10), Crysencio Summerville (8.0/10), Donyell Malen (9.0/10), Cody Gakpo (7.0/10)

Subs: Teun Koopmeiners (7.0/10), Gjivai Zechiël (6.0/10), Ruben van Bommel (6.7/10), Ian Maatsen (6.0/10), Noa Lang (6.0/10)

Greece: Konstantinos Tzolakis (5.5/10), Lazaros Rota (5.0/10), Konstantinos Mavropanos (5.0/10), Panagiotis Retsos (5.0/10), Konstantinos Tsimikas (5.2/10), Konstantinos Karetsas (5.0/10), Nectarios Triantis (5.0/10), Thanasis Androutsos (5.0/10), Christos Tzolis (5.0/10), Vangelis Pavlidis (5.0/10), Fotis Ioannidis (5.0/10)

Subs: Anastasios Bakasetas (5.5/10), Anastasios Douvikas (5.2/10), Giorgos Masouras (5.0/10), Georgios Vagiannidis (5.0/10), Ilias Koutsoupias (5.0/10)