Qatar World Cup – According to the Tasnim news agency, Louis van Gaal said after the Netherlands advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup with a 3-1 advantage against the United States: We deserved to win and I am satisfied with my players. We lost possession for no reason and had to defend every time. Of course, our defense was very good.
“We did not perform well in possession of the ball and field; “Especially in the first half.”, while saying this sentence, he clarified: I am not worried about the fact that America had a high possession and I am only talking about my team. Tomorrow I will have an assessment and then I will tell you what we need to improve the team. America performed well in possession of the ball and quick transfer of the ball; However, we also did good things.
The head coach of the Dutch national football team praised the performance of his students and said: We scored two beautiful goals in the first half and in the second half we performed better in possession of the ball. We also scored the third goal when the ball was sent from one side of the goal to the other and it was incredible. I am proud of this performance and I know we can be much better than this. The opponent’s goal was obtained after the mistake of our players in exposing the ball. They also had three more chances, one of which was created by Neupert (Netherlands goalkeeper).
Regarding the confrontation with the winner of the match between Argentina and Australia, Van Gaal said: “I don’t underestimate Australia.” They were our toughest opponents at the 2014 World Cup and I want to see what happens tonight.
Criticizing the Dutch fans’ cold reception of the orange tulips, he said: “It is very good to have our country behind us.” We have played in four games so far and our fans were in the minority in all four matches.