Holland, after the absence of the 2016 European Championship and the 2018 World Cup (in addition to the little consecutive presence in the Euro-2020), has been re-emerging in recent months as a team although it is still far from it. great power in the 1970s and 1980s, and the League of Nations emerged as a platform for this growth. In 2019, with a trip to the final won by Portugal; now in 2022, with the confirmation of the presence in a new Final Four. However, despite the many talents that have emerged and are already distributed among the best teams in Europe, the great figure is even the most experienced: Louis van Gaal.
At 71, the manager always has something different to offer and this week was no exception: having called up four goalkeepers, Van Gaal also opted for Kjell Scherpen (Vitesse) and Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord) to have a host of six. items for find out who saves the best penalties already in a perspective of the World Cup-2002. More: In parallel, he also called the former Dutch volleyball coach to find out with the coaching staff who could be better in that particular aspect. Every detail counts, not only for the Nations League but also for Qatar.
Van Gaal has played for clubs such as Ajax, Barcelona, AZ, Bayern and Manchester United, but this third spell with the Netherlands team, to which he returned in August 2021 to replace Frank de Boer, is especially noteworthy in a year in which he also discovered the prostate cancer that remained resolved with 25 radiotherapy treatments. “I’ve been through it all. I had to wait five or six months to see if it worked. It worked,” he confirmed in April. Now, in September, he continues to add success: in what was the 32nd consecutive game without defeat in regulation time between the three visits to the Netherlands, having to go back to September 2001 for a loss.
So he continued: despite needing only not to lose by more than three goals, The Netherlands received and won again against Belgium, this time by the narrowest of margins with Van Dijk making it 1-0 near the final quarter of an hour. In the other Group 4 match, Poland won away to Wales and also confirmed their stay in League A with Swiderski scoring the only goal in the second half.
- minute 0. The Netherlands in the Final Four (14), Belgium (11), Poland (5) and Wales in League B (2)
- 45 minute. The Netherlands in the Final Four (14), Belgium (11), Poland (5) and Wales in League B (2)
- Minute 58. Poland goal, 0-1 by Swiderski: Holland in Final Four (14), Belgium (11), Poland (7) and Wales in League B (1)
- Minute 73. Holland goal, 1-0 by Van Dijk: Holland in Final Four (16), Belgium (10), Poland (7) and Wales in League B (1)
- 90 minute. The Netherlands in the Final Four (16), Belgium (10), Poland (7) and Wales in League B (1)
Source: Observadora
