![]() False striker Memphis was everywhere again, Berghuis and Bergwijn played disciplined on the wings. Van Gaal will not be happy (and neither will Klopp be). Two more goals (subs Til and Malen) and a horrific scare in the last seconds, when goalie Bijlow makes his only mistake in selling Van Dijk short, allowing Under to score a consolation goal, and an annoying knock for Captain Van Dijk. We tidied it up, without a problem but that little moment must have angered the gaffer.īeing 4-0 up against 10 men, and then exchanging key players (Frenkie, Wijnaldum) never helps the flow of the game of course but these are little moments that need to be ruled out. Koopmeiners comes to help, Van Dijk comes to help but between the three they suddenly lose the ball for no reason. Berghuis has the ball in midfield, there is no movement whatsoever. There was one moment in the 65th minute which will have made Van Gaal pissed off. ![]() The criticasters on this blog will probably point out Dumfries “hard feet”, or Berghuis’ risky passing, or Blind’s one moment of lack of concentration (letting the ball slip), but overall, I think we can be happy with the step up Oranje made. If the Dutch can keep this mentality up, we are definitely back! The pace was good, the creativity was visible more and more and the workrate was just outstanding. Oranje demonstrated their swagger without becoming arrogant. And a quick second – also a beauty – helps even more. De Vrij was solid on the ball, focused in his defending and overall Mr Cool at the back.įrenkie showed his class as did Memphis again and the Oranje right flank, wanting versus Norway, impressed from the start with Dumfries and Berghuis demonstrating their connection.īut it helps, a goal in the first minute of course. Stefan de Vrij was picked ahead of De Ligt and again he was one of the Men of the Match. Justin Bijlow will be the new #1, hopefully for years to come. He is clearly cementing his favourite eleven (or fifteen, rather) and slowly but surely his go-to guys are making their mark. ![]() Van Gaal only put experienced Blind back in for Malacia and used Bergwijn in place of Gakpo on the left. Things are taking a turn for the better in LVG’s third spell at the helm.Īnd what a quality goals they all were! Amazing to see how “question marks” like Berghuis, Klaassen, Dumfries and Bergwijn stepped up to the plate and played their key parts in this wonderful win. Another goal in the first 15 minutes and a very energetic and focused performance. We had early goals before (WC finals 1974 anyone?) and it hasn’t always resulted in greatness. ![]()
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