RESULTS 2022 World Cup Qualification The European zone has been played by a number of teams, Sunday (5/9/2021). Team Netherlands National Team a landslide win at home to Montenegro, meanwhile French National Team almost lost against Ukraine.
The Netherlands face Montenegro in the 2022 World Cup Qualifying Group G at the Philips Stadium, Eindhoven. Memphis Depay, Georginio Wijnaldum, and Cody Gakpo became heroes for the Netherlands.
In the 36th minute, a Dutch attack made it difficult for Montenegro, forcing Lagator to bring down Memphis Depay in the penalty box. The referee immediately awarded a penalty kick to Louis van Gaal’s team.
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Memphis Depay, who became the successful executioner of the Dutch, was 1-0 up in the first half. A few minutes before halftime, Louis Van Gaal’s team had several other opportunities but failed to execute. The score did not change in the first half.
In the 62nd minute, Gakpo was able to provide a good pass and was able to be completed by Depay with a shot into the bottom left corner. The Netherlands was winning 2-0.
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Not until ten minutes later, the Dutch again added the advantage to be 3-0 over Montenegro in the 70th minute. This time, Georginio Wijnaldum was able to complete his job well after a perfect assist from Steven Berguis.
In the 76th minute, it was Gakpo’s turn who got the opportunity to break into the Montenegro goal. Miodrag Radulovic’s team already looked helpless to deal with the various attacks that the Dutch continued to carry out in the second half so that the position became 4-0.
With this victory, they are in second place in Group G with 10 points with three wins, one draw and a loss from five matches. Team Orange is one point adrift of Turkey who occupies the top position.