Tiktukno: summary of the day's events in sports, 1.12 (Sport1)
The Dutch national team is the first to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup, after beating the USA tonight (Saturday) 1:3 in the match that opened the round of 16. Right defender Denzel Dumfries starred with assists to Memphis Depay and Daley Blind in the first half and a goal in the 81st minute, against A strange curling goal by American substitute Haji Wright. The USA returns home and will begin preparations for the 2026 World Cup, where it is one of the three hosts, while the Netherlands will meet the winner of the match between Argentina and Australia in the quarter-finals on Friday (21:00).
Despite the victory, not everyone in the Netherlands was happy.
The team's star and former coach, Marco Van Basten, said at halftime in his current hat as a commentator: "I'm happy as a Dutchman, but as a football fan I wonder what I just watched. The first ball went directly to the goalkeeper and we stayed standing, we did nothing. Apart from two moves that led to goals, I didn't see No initiative. Nothing."
Van Basten claimed that the style is also contrary to Louis Van Hal's well-known philosophy: "There is no movement, no going forward, no exchange of places, no one puts pressure on the opponent."
Amazing game by the Dutch defender.
Dumfries (Photo: Reuters)
The captain of the Dutch team, Virgil van Dijk, summed up his team's achievement on the way to the quarter-finals: "We scored two outstanding goals. I have no idea how the goal we scored went in. Three wins and we can win the World Cup? Yes, it sounds simple, right? We We'll see what happens, we'll rest and then we'll prepare for the rest."
Louis van Hal was in no hurry to determine the opponent for the match between Argentina and Australia: "To face Argentina? I would not discount Australia's campaign. They were a very stubborn opponent in the 2014 World Cup. I would love to see what will happen tonight between these two teams."
The Holland coach added: "It would be nice if we could unite the country to support us. We have played four games so far in Qatar and in all four games our audience was in the minority."
At the press conference, Van Gaal again stole the show when he walked up to Dumfries and kissed him.
Just before that he told the media: "Yesterday I gave him a big, sticky kiss, and now I'll give him another one. So there you go."
Andries Neufert commented on the possibility that they will meet Argentina in the next stage: "If I have to face Messi, well, I will also have to stop his kicks somehow."
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The scoring percentages are impressive.
Memphis Depay (Photo: Reuters)
Greg Barholter, coach of the USA team, concluded: "It was difficult, we lacked energy in this game.
Too bad.
I am still very proud of this group, there is a special bond between these young lads.
I am proud of the team, but disappointed with the result.
We made progress, you can see that the young people have matured together, but tonight we lost and it's a difficult moment."
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* Memphis Depay rose to second place in the all-time scorers' table of the Dutch national team with 43 goals and separated from Klaas Jan Huntelaar who was with him on 42. The record holder is Robin van Persie with 50 goals.
* This is Memphis' first goal in the current World Cup and his 22nd in the last 25 appearances for the team.
His two debut goals in the Netherlands uniform were in the 2014 World Cup.
* The Memphis goal came after 20 passes - a record for the Netherlands in the World Cup (since 1966).
* The Netherlands also took the lead in its three games in the group stage, with all the goals scored by Cody Gakpo.
This time she has a different first conqueror.
* At 32 years and 269 days, Daley Blind is the second oldest scorer for the Netherlands at the World Cup, after Jio van Bronckhorst who did it against Uruguay in 2010, when he was 35 years and 151 days.
* Denzel Dumfries is the first Dutchman to score two goals in a World Cup game in the first half.
* He is also the first to score twice in the first half in the deciding stages since Turkey's Khan Shukur did it against South Korea in 2002.
* The Netherlands have not lost a World Cup game in which they scored for the first time since 1978 (3:2 to Scotland).
* The Netherlands are unbeaten (over 90 minutes) in their last 20 World Cup matches against non-European opponents - 13 wins and six draws - since losing to Brazil in the quarter-finals in 1994.
* The Netherlands have reached the semi-finals in three of their last four World Cups: fourth in 1998 , losing in the final in 2010 and third place in 2014.
Only in 2006 was she eliminated in the round of 16 (in 2002 and 2018 she did not participate at all).
They broke records on the way to the quarter.
Van Halen (Photo: Reuters)
* Xavi Simmons became at the age of 19 and 226 days the youngest Dutch player to play in the knockout stage of the World Cup for the Orange.
* Denzel Dumfries became the third player to be involved in three or more goals for the Dutch team in the World Cup.
The first were Johan Cruyff in 1974 and Rob Renzanerback who did it twice in the 1978 World Cup.
* Daley Blind became the fifth player in the history of the World Cup to play more than ten games without losing - 11 games, 8 wins and 3 losses.
* Louis van Gaal continued with the record from the victory over Qatar who recorded his 11th game without a loss in the World Cup, thus becoming the first coach in history to achieve this feat.
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