The match against Montenegro is a key battle for the Tulips to qualify for the World Cup. The Dutch team ranked first in Group G with 19 points and 2 points ahead of second-placed Norway. If Van Gaal’s team defeats Montenegro in this game, and Norway can’t take Latvia, then the Oranges will lock their qualifications one round in advance. Before the game, the Netherlands received good news. Norway drew with Latvia in the early game. As long as the Dutch team scored three points, they will advance to the Qatar World Cup next year. Participating in the World Cup is still 2014, and they regretted that they missed it in 2018.
After the start of the game, Montenegro was very active at home. They created some shooting opportunities, but did not pose a substantial threat to Tulip. On the contrary, the Dutch team quickly seized the opportunity in the first half. Krassen was stepped on the ground by a defender in the penalty area. The Dutch team obtained a penalty through VAR and Depay made a penalty. This penalty was also the 9th penalty that Depay scored for Tulip. In addition to the penalty shootout, Depay broke the Dutch national team record held by former Barcelona coach Koman. Shortly after the start of the second half, the Netherlands made another city. Dumfries made a flat ball from the right to the penalty area. Depay juggled his heel and scored the goal, which extended the lead to two goals for the Dutch team.
After scored twice, Depay also set a number of records. First of all, in 2021, Depay has scored 16 goals for the Oranges, becoming the first player to score at least 15 goals for the national team in a natural year since Bajevic (15 goals) of Yugoslavia before 1972 . In the world preliminaries, Depay scored 14 goals on behalf of Tulip, surpassing Van Persie and Ruud van Nistelrooy, becoming the first scorer of the Dutch team’s historical preliminaries. In addition, in the Dutch national team’s total goals list, Depay currently scored 37 goals, tied Robben and Bergkamp, tied for fourth place in team history, ahead of Kluivert with 40 goals. The Dutch team has scored the most goals in the history of 50 goals Van Persie, Depay is step by step to hit this mark.
After a 2-0 lead, the game was completely moving in the direction expected by the Dutch team. Unexpectedly, after 80 minutes of the game, the Orange Corps encountered a rare black 4 minutes. In the 82nd minute, Vukotic received a through pass from his teammate, waded past the Dutch goalkeeper and shot an empty goal to win the home team. Four minutes later, Montenegro made a pass from the left, and Vuinovic defeated the Dutch defender Blind in the penalty area with a header to equalize the goal. In the end, the Netherlands could only get back one point away.
The draw of this game is also the first time since the Netherlands lost to the Czech Republic 2-3 in the European Cup in 2004. It was the first time that the Netherlands failed to win the main game with a 2-0 lead. It can be described as a cooked duck flying. What’s more serious is that the Oranges have played off when they could easily score three points and advance to the World Cup. In the next round, they will directly face their qualifying rival Norway at home. Only by defeating their opponent can they directly advance to the World Cup. If they drew with Norway, they must count on Turkey not to win Montenegro to advance directly. If Turkey beat Montenegro, the Netherlands can only play in the play-offs. If Tulip loses to Norway and Turkey also wins, then the Netherlands will go straight out and miss the World Cup for two consecutive games. In the qualifiers 4 years ago, the Netherlands was squeezed out by France and Sweden, and even the qualifications for the play-offs were not obtained. Could this scene be repeated again?Return to Sohu to see more
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