The Dutch coach Frank De Boer does not convince me one bit. He has been toying with the way they way play and especially their formation, which has caused only confusion and Holland have lost the field balance. He has the tendency not to adjust the style with the material available, and he is kind of trying to fit in a round piece into a square hole, at least that is what he did with Crystal Palace and Atlanta. It did not work in club level even if there players of correct shape can be bought, it will not work with national team where such tricks can not be done. Latest friendlies were played in 5-3-2, they drew with weak Scotland, and in the WC qualifications they lost 2-4 to Turkey! Remember the team from the opening game?

They miss Van Dijk, De Ligt is a doubt and a lot of defensive balance is missing. Are the strikers good enough either, more is expected from Memphis Depay.

Which is totally the opposite of Ukraine. They are well-coached and organized, they focus in defense and are hard to beat. Under Shevchenko they have been tactically flexible, but certainly a 4-man defense will be deployed also tonight, either 4-1-4-1 or 4-4-2. The traditional way. The balance is good, and there isespecial individual skill available on the wings with Man City’s Zinchenko and Atalanta’s Malinovsky, who also is a big threat in set pieces. Yarmolenko is a challenging run machine.

Latest encounter ended in 1-1, and something similar at Amsterdam is in my papers the likeliest outcome.

Probable lineups:

荷兰教练弗兰克·德波尔完全没有拿出说服我的表现。他一直在尝试球队的比赛方式，尤其是他们的阵型，这只会引起混乱，荷兰失去了平衡。他倾向于不根据球员打法调整风格，好比他试图将圆圈放入方块中，至少他在水晶宫和亚特兰大时是这样做的。在俱乐部层面，即使可以买到合适的球员也行不通，对国家队来说，这样的方式更是行不通的。最近的友谊赛他们的阵型是5-3-2，他们战平了实力较弱的苏格兰，在世界杯资格赛中他们以2-4输给了土耳其！

他们缺少范戴克，德利赫特出战存疑，缺少了防守平衡。前锋是否足够好，孟菲斯·德佩（Memphis Depay）的期望更高。

乌克兰的表现与荷兰完全相反。他们训练有素，组织严密，专注于防守，很难被击败。在舍甫琴科的带领下，他们在战术上一直很灵活，但今晚肯定也会部署 4 人防守，无论是 4-1-4-1 还是 4-4-2的传统方式。球队的攻守平衡很好，而且曼城的津琴科和亚特兰大的马利诺夫斯基在边路有个人能力，他们在定位球方面也是一个很大的威胁。 Yarmolenko 是一个很有擅长跑动的球员。

最近的比赛以 1-1 结束，本场我认为也是是最有可能的结果。

预测首发如下：