Cycle 1
18'
11/21/2022
Senegal
0
:
0
Netherlands
The opening round of Group A in the 2022 World Cup comes to an end this evening (Monday), when the Netherlands meets Senegal in an intriguing battle.
The Oranges returned to the record position of the World Cup after being absent from it in 2018, and when their balance in 2022 is clean of losses - six wins in eight games.
Beyond the fact that the Netherlands are favorites to advance to the round of 16 from first place, in their last two appearances at the World Cup they finished second and third in that order.
In 19 meetings with African opponents all time, the Oranges have lost only twice and won 12.
Coach Louis van Gaal, who announced earlier this year that he suffers from prostate cancer and will therefore retire at the end of the World Cup, hopes to fulfill a dream and write his name in golden letters in the history books, as the first coach who led the Netherlands to win the World Cup.
The big surprise as far as the lineup was concerned came from the goal, where Andries Neufert of Hirnbein started, who to date has not made a single appearance in the national team's uniform.
Matthijs de Licht was preferred at the last minute over Jorain Timber in the center of defense.
Denzel Dumfries, who was in doubt, started on the right wing, and separately, Steven Berghain and Vincent Janssen were preferred over Memphis Depay, who is waiting on the bench because he is not 100 percent fit.
On the other hand, the African champions, who won their previous two opening games in the World Cup, are looking to cause a big surprise without their star Sadio Mane who is injured.
In his absence, most of the responsibility falls on the shoulders of 23-year-old Ismaila Sarr, who provided six goals and three assists this season at Watford, but has yet to score for the national team.
got the credit.
De Licht (Photo: GettyImages)
The composition of the groups
Referee:
Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Stadium:
Al Thomamah (Doha)
Senegal coach: Elio Sissa
The game setup
4:3:3
16a.
Mandy
21 J.
My pain
3 k.
Coulibaly
4 p.
Abu Sisa
22 a.
dialo
6 n.
Mandy
5a.
gay
8 Q.
Coyote
18a.
Sir
9b.
enough
15 k.
diet
Substitutes bench:
Holland coach: Louis van Hal
The game setup
3:5:2
23a.
Nofert
3 m.
De Licht
4f.
Van Dyck
5 n.
Aka
22d.
Dumfries
11s.
Berghaus
8 k.
Gakpo
21 p.
De Jong
17d.
Blind
18 and
Jansen
7s.
in Rahwayin
Substitutes bench:
House A
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Ecuador
1
1
0
0
0-2
3
2
Netherlands
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
3
Senegal
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
4
Qatar
1
0
0
1
2-0
0
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