three games in the worldthree appointments in which the fashionable player of always prolific Dutch football has opened the scoring.
First of head against Senegal (2-0 victory), with the left before Ecuador (1-1) and with the right this Tuesday.
Gakpo He exhibited in his goal the temper of the enlightened ones who are on a roll. After an excellent triangulation to a touch in the midfielder, he led what was necessary and set up the shot with ease to put it close to the post.
At his side in the lead he jumped as a starter Memphis DePaywho was recovering from a thigh injury and who had come on from the bench in the previous two days.
The player of Barcelona He had the first chance for Oranje, a high shot (14) after finding the ball after a rebound after another Barça player shot, Dejong.
Qatarwho was playing to say goodbye to his world with a good taste in the mouth, it showed desire but also limitations.
Unable to compete for the ball against the European power, they managed at least some incursion that woke up their exotic fans from their lethargy.
The match had started with many empty seats in the isolated al bayt stadiumabout 50 kilometers north of Dohasurrounded by desert.
But after a quarter of an hour into the game, a movement of people began through the stands that lasted until the break, when the ‘great jaima’ was finally full (66,784 spectators).
In the middle, the stands cheered a Qatari shot between the three sticks. Ismael Mohammad he put all his soul but it came out centered and Andries Noppert stopped without complications (29).
As soon as the second part began, a play well braided by the Dutch took advantage of it Dejong to mark an empty door. The graceful midfielder surged ahead of a contemplative defense after the goalkeeper Meshaal Barsham would have cleared a shot from Depay.
The Qatari coach, the Spanish Felix Sanchezmultiplied the gestures of despair on the wing, while on the other bench the eternal louis van gaal He watched relaxed as his troop walked unopposed.
Qatarwho had been preparing his team for years to be up to a world organized in style, he said goodbye with a sad image. Three defeats, only one goal and the feeling that he is far from the world elite.
Before the final whistle the ‘big jaima’ had been depopulated and the Netherlands celebrated as it had accomplished the mission.
Source: Ambito
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