World Cup | Senegal – Netherlands | Edouard Mendy doubly at fault, de Jong indisputable boss: The tops and flops

Tops

• Gakpo, higher and higher

Forget Virgil van Dijk. The indisputable leader of this team is none other than Frenkie de Jong. The FC Barcelona player, whom the Catalan club wanted to get rid of last summer, took care of everything when his team did not really manage to take control of the game. Omnipresent – he touched 80 balls, better total for an Oranje – precious for recovery, the midfielder also and above all delivered the love of the center which led to the opener.

• The overall performance of Senegal

Flops

• Bad luck continues for Senegal

In the absence of Sadio Mané, the Teranga Lions were already leaving with less strength. The least we can say is that the situation of the African champion did not improve during his match against the Dutch. At the hour mark, Abdou Diallo had to give up his place after contact with Denzel Dumfries, when he was performing more than correctly on the left. A few minutes later, Cheikhou Kouyaté also came out after what looks like a tear in the thigh. The duo he formed with Idrissa Gueye in midfield posed a lot of problems for Louis van Gaal’s men. Cruel.