LOOK. Van Gaal and his players receive a wonderful reception in the hotel
Louis van Gaal chose the same eleven names that put Qatar on the knee. His colleague, Gregg Berhalter, made two substitutions. Walker Zimmernan and Jesús Ferreira entered the squad at the expense of Josh Sargent and Cameron Carter-Vickers. Just like against Iran, the Americans started the game scorchingly and always had to be ahead after barely two minutes. Pulisic could only approach Noppert, but the Dutch goalie scored with a great leg sweep on the attempt of the Chelsea flank attacker.
The Orange was not involved in the opening phase, but suddenly took the lead out of nowhere. Memphis kicked the opening goal past Turner after a nice assist from Dumfries. After that Memphis hit, our northern neighbors took command and rocked the Americans to sleep. On the stroke of half time, Blind put Orange on roses. It was again Dumfries who provided the assist. A few minutes earlier, Noppert had to intervene appropriately on a shot by Weah.
In the second period, the Americans tried to change the course. The Orange seemed to hold their ground, until Wright saw a strange ball hit the far corner in the 76th minute. A ‘lucky goal’ that caused panic in the Netherlands. But five minutes later Dumfries took the tension away. After two assists, he himself worked the 3-1 against the nets with his left. The Orange will push through to the quarter-finals and can still dream of a first world title.
