Having now qualified for the Euro 2024 group-stage draw as direct entrants, the Netherlands conclude their Group B duties against a morale-depleted Gibraltar at Portugal's Estadio Algarve on Tuesday.
Ronald Koeman's side defeated the Republic of Ireland 1-0 to ensure a top-two finish in the section, while their hosts were on the receiving end of a 14-0 humiliation at the hands of France.
What followed can only be described as a total and utter decimation, as France set a new national team winning record and posted the biggest-ever margin of victory in a Euros qualifying game, not to mention inflicting Gibraltar's heaviest-ever defeat upon them.
A penny for Julio Ribas's thoughts on the touchline as he witnessed France tear open his side's permeable backline time and time again, but Gibraltar can take some solace in the fact that even an unforeseen victory at the Allianz Riviera would have made no impact on the Group B standings.
While Cyprus, Malta, San Marino and Liechtenstein have also failed to glean a single point from Euros qualifying, Gibraltar are on course to finish as the worst of the bunch, having failed to score one goal while conceding a qualification-high 35 at the other end of the field.
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