France and the Netherlands open their quests for European Championship 2024 qualification ahead of next summer's tournament in Germany. With the top two teams from each group guaranteed a place in the finals, these two nations are widely expected to fill those spots ahead of Group "B" opponents the Republic of Ireland, Greece and Gibraltar – however, finishing top for preferential seeding at the the tournament itself will be in the back of their minds. The French will be very motivated to take revenge on the Dutch for the 2-0 defeat at De Kuip and I think they are much closer to winning this match. The Dutch were taken over by the legendary player Koeman, a bit of a surprise considering that Van Gaal led the national team well in Qatar and was eliminated in that famous match against Argentina.

A big problem for the new coach is certainly the absence of Barcelona's De Jong, who is in charge of organizing the game of the Dutch. Here I see a big advantage for the French because their midfield with Rabiot, Tchoumeni and Camavinga is much stronger than the Dutch. The new captain Mbappe will also lead the attack and it is unlikely that the Dutch defense will be able to "catch" him. The Netherlands have not won any of their last nine away meetings with France (2draws and 7 losses) and the last recorded away victory over the French was 87 years ago, so the tradition is on the side of the French. Depay will try to reverse that bad tradition, his importance will be increased in this game, with key players Dumfries suspended and De Jong injured, while fellow attacking star Gakpo may miss out with illness. Without them, I think the Dutch have nothing to look for in Paris and although this will not be an easy match at all, the Netherlands is one of the best representatives in the world, I think the French will manage to win in front of the full stands of the France Stadium.

Therefore, the bet falls on France to win this Europen classic.

法国和荷兰在明年夏天在德国举行的锦标赛之前开始寻求 2024 年欧洲锦标赛资格。由于每个小组的前两名球队都保证在决赛中占有一席之地，因此人们普遍预计这两个国家将在“B”组对手爱尔兰共和国、希腊和直布罗陀之前填补这些席位——然而，他们在比赛本身将在他们的脑海中。法国人将非常有动力报复荷兰人在 De Kuip 以 2-0 失利，我认为他们更接近赢得这场比赛。荷兰人被传奇球员科曼接管，考虑到范加尔在卡塔尔带领国家队表现出色，并在那场与阿根廷的著名比赛中被淘汰，这有点令人意外。

新教练的一个大问题当然是巴塞罗那的德容缺席，他负责组织荷兰人的比赛。在这里，我看到了法国人的一大优势，因为他们中场有拉比奥、楚梅尼和卡马文加，比荷兰人强多了。新队长姆巴佩也将领衔进攻，荷兰后防线不太可能“抓住”他。荷兰队在过去九次客场与法国队的交锋中没有赢过任何一场（2 平局和 7 负），上一次客场战胜法国队是在 87 年前，所以传统是站在法国队一边的。德佩将努力扭转这一不良传统，他在本场比赛中的重要性将得到提升，主力邓弗里斯停赛，德容受伤，而同为攻击手的加克波则可能因病缺阵。没有他们，我认为荷兰人在巴黎没有什么可期待的，虽然这根本不是一场轻松的比赛，但荷兰是世界上最好的代表之一，我认为法国人会在法国体育场的完整看台。

因此，我最后会选择法国胜。