The FIFA World Cup 2022 season is now becoming very exciting. In the first pre-quarterfinal match of the tournament, the Netherlands team defeated America 3-1. With this win, the Netherlands team has also qualified for the quarter-finals.
FIFA World Cup USA vs Netherlands: The first match of the pre-quarterfinals was played on Saturday (December 3) in the FIFA World Cup 2022 season being hosted by Qatar. This match was played between America and Netherlands, which was very exciting. In this match, the Netherlands registered a resounding 3-1 victory and with this has also qualified for the quarter-finals.
Let us tell you that the Netherlands team could not qualify in the last World Cup 2018. This team reached the finals of the World Cup three times in 1974, 1978 and 2010, but remained runners-up every time. This time the Netherlands team has a golden chance to win the title.
On the other hand, the American team’s dream of reaching the quarterfinals has been shattered. He had earlier achieved this feat in the 2002 World Cup. Since then, the American team has never reached the quarter-finals of any World Cup.
Goals scored in the match like this
- First goal: Depay fired on Dumfries’ assist in the 10th minute
- Second goal: Blind scored on Dumfries’ assist in the 45+1 minute
- Third goal: Haji Wright scored for America in the 76th minute
- Fourth goal: Dumfries scored for the Netherlands in the 81st minute
Depay scored the first, then Blind scored the second goal
In the first match of the pre-quarterfinals, the Netherlands team dominated America from the beginning. The first goal of the match came in the 10th minute itself. This goal was scored by Memphis Depay for the Netherlands. This goal of Depay playing for Spanish club Barcelona was assisted by Denzel Dumfries.
Got injury time after the end of the first half of the match. Even the Netherlands team had maintained a 1-0 lead. But in the extra time, Daly Blind showed his power and scored a goal in the 45+1 minute to give the Netherlands team a 2-0 lead. This was Blind’s third goal in his international career. This second goal of the match was also assisted by Denzel Dumfries.
Dumfries scored on America’s goal
In the second half of the match, the American team tried to come back. America scored its first goal in the 76th minute. Haji Wright scored this goal to bring the team to 1-2 in the match. But five minutes later, Dumfries scored a goal for the Netherlands to make the match 3-1 and thus gave his team the victory.
America-Netherlands starting-11 in the match
Netherlands squad: Virgil van Dyk (captain), Andries Knoppert (goalkeeper), Denzel Dumfries, Jurien Timbers, Nathan Ake, Maarten de Roon, Frankie de Jong, Davy Klaasen, Daley Blind, Cody Gakpo and Memphis Depay.
US Team: Matt Turner (goalkeeper), Sergio Dest, Walker Zimmerman, Tyler Adams, Tim Ream, Antoine Robinson, Weston McKennie, Christian Pulisic, Younes Musah, Tim Weah and Jesus Ferreira.
