Disgrace prevented!
Holland is haunted by the World Cup in Rotterdam without a spectator! The tired 2-0 win against Norway is enough to be back after missing the 2018 World Cup in Qatar.
We’re going to the World Cup with Holland, but without Haaland!
BVB star Erling Haaland (21) has winter 2022 free! The goal machine missed its 1st tournament with the Norwegians.
He has to watch the scary kick injured in front of the TV and can only cheer on his team during the game with an Instagram photo. Haaland, the Norwegian life insurance company with five goals in six qualifying games, actually wanted to travel from Marbella (Spain), where he is doing his rehab (hip problems), but the lockdown in Holland prevented that.
The decision for Holland in the 84th minute: Steven Bergwijn slams the ball under the crossbar – 1-0. Memphis Depay makes the World Cup ticket clear in stoppage time.
Bondscoach Louis van Gaal (70) celebrates this with relish in the stands, shows the thumbs up. The coach watches the game from there after his bicycle fall in a wheelchair, always staying in contact with the edge of the field by calling his assistant coach Henk Fraser (55) several times on his mobile phone.
► Holland is haunted by the World Cup. And Stefan Kuntz (59) goes into the play-offs!
Thanks to a 2-1 victory in Montenegro, Turkey secured second place and can hope to participate in the World Cup via a detour. Aktürkoglu (22nd minute) and Kökcü (60th) turn the game after an early deficit (Beqiraj / 3rd) and let new national coach Kuntz cheer.
But for him the really big shaking is only now beginning!
► This is how the play-offs run: The ten group runners-up in the World Cup qualifiers and two best group winners of the Nations League who did not qualify directly (Austria and the Czech Republic) play out three other participants.
There are three play-off tournaments with four teams in two semifinals each. Whoever wins the subsequent final goes to Qatar. The draw for the play-offs will take place on November 26th. The game will be played on March 24th and 29th.
Holland is spared. But European champions Italy could meet Cristiano Ronaldo (36) and Portugal …
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