Netherlands - United States: World Cup Round of 16 match in Qatar, live

2022-12-03T14:37:58.845Z

Van Gaal's team faces the North American team in search of a place in the quarterfinals starting at 4:00 p.m.

This afternoon the round of 16 qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup begin. The first match will be the confrontation between the Netherlands and the United States, which will be measured at the Khalifa International Stadium starting at 4:00 p.m. (on TVE and Gol Mundial).

Van Gaal's team finished first in their group without losing any game and is facing the match with confidence and with one of the revelations of the tournament, Cody Gakpo, who has scored three goals and scored in all games so far.

The PSV striker forms up front alongside Memphis Depay, who will play his second game as a starter.

The United States got through on the last day after their victory against Iran, and comes into the match with the illusion of reaching the quarterfinals for the second time in its history.

Pulisic, scorer of the winning goal against Iran,

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USA, a refuge for the rare Sergiño Dest

David Alvarez

Sergiño Dest (Almere, the Netherlands; 22 years old) defends the USA this Saturday afternoon against the country where he was born after giving up Ronald Koeman (4:00 p.m., Movistar).

The coach called him in October 2019 to try to persuade him to join his Oranje team.

Dest was a recent arrival in the Ajax first team from the quarry and his progression was brilliant.

But he told her no.

The Americans had seen it before.

The right-back has dual nationality due to his Surinamese-American father, and when he received the call from Koeman he had already been in the US youth teams for years. At the end of that season, Barça paid 26 million euros for him at Ajax and he arrived to the Camp Nou at the request, precisely, of Koeman.

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ACT.3 DEC 2022 - 14:32

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A party with a lot of color

Many fans are already in the stands of the International Khalifa stadium and many more are arriving with half an hour to go before the game starts.

Most have prepared a good uniform to witness the match in which the United States and the Netherlands will seek a place in the quarterfinals.

United States fans before the game.

/ Mohamed Messara / EFE

Netherlands supporters outside the stadium.

/ Rolex de la Pena / EFE

The Avengers arrive.

/ Rolex de la Pena / EFE

Some glasses to see the game well.

/Richard Sellers/Getty Images

Ready for the fight.

/ Rolex de la Pena / EFE

But always with sportsmanship.

/ James Williamson - AMA / Getty Images

ACT.3 DEC 2022 - 14:30

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The Netherlands have gone far in their last two appearances

The Netherlands team missed the 2018 World Cup in Russia, but reached at least the semifinals in their last two appearances.

In 2014, they finished third after losing their place in the final against in a penalty shootout.

In 2010, they reached the forever-remembered grand final in Spain, where Iniesta's extra-time goal deprived the Dutch of their first star.

ACT.3 DEC 2022 - 14:30

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The United States, faced with a historic opportunity

The United States team is in the round of 16 of a World Cup for the fifth time in its history.

If they beat the Netherlands today, they would reach the quarterfinals, something they have only achieved once: in the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan. At that time, after eliminating Mexico in the round of 16 (0-2), they were knocked out of the tournament for Germany (1-0).

ACT.3 DEC 2022 - 14:23

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The eleven of the United States, with his usual 4-3-3 and Pulisic recovered

Turner;

Dest, Zimmerman, Ream, Robinson;

Adams, Musah, McKennie;

Weah, Pulisic and Ferreira.

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