Reijnders nets hat-trick as Dutch destroy Greece

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Xavi's side blew the previously unbeaten Greece away as it scored five goals in the first half before piling on more misery after the break to move three points clear at the top of Group A2 with one game remaining.

It took just six minutes for Netherlands to break the deadlock, with Konstantinos Mavropanos's poor interception rolling straight to Crysencio Summerville, who picked out the bottom-left corner with his strike.

Just six minutes later, the hosts had a second, with Joey Veerman sliding the ball through for Reijnders, who emphatically rifled into the roof of the net from the left of the six-yard box.

Reijnders' second came in the 18th minute after Greece failed to clear a corner, and when it was recycled, Donyell Malen picked out Reijnders to poke home from close range.

Greece thought it had found a way back into the game when Dutch goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen slipped, and Fotis Ioannidis rounded him before slotting into an empty net, but Micky van de Ven's interception bounced off the forward's hand, ruling out the goal.

Reijnders completed his hat-trick after 33 minutes, pouncing on Denzel Dumfries's knockdown to fire in off the underside of the crossbar, before Jurrien Timber slotted in from yards out five minutes before the break.

Netherlands eased some of the pressure in the second half, but added to its tally in the 59th minute with an unmarked Timber scoring his second by turning into an empty net.

Malen ended his international goal drought two minutes later, whipping a first-time effort past Konstantinos Tzolakis after being picked out by Dumfries.

Summerville almost added more late gloss to the scoreline after skipping past two challenges into the box, but Tzolakis punched his effort away.