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Dutch wasted the opportunity to seal the ticket to 2022 World Cup after being held to a draw Montenegro. They now have to live a life-and-death match against Norway.
The Netherlands were held 2-2 at home at Podgorica City Stadium in Group G 2022 World Cup Qualification European zone, Sunday (11/14/2021) early morning WIB. De Oranje was actually able to lead 2-0 until the last 10 minutes of the match.
Memphis Depay bought two goals for the visitors. The victory in front of the eyes of the Dutch then vanished after Montenegro was able to score two goals in just four minutes. The hosts’ goals came from Ilija Vukotic in the 82nd minute and in the 86th minute. The draw made the Netherlands failed to seal a ticket to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after the match.
They are currently still top of Group G with 20 points. However, the Netherlands will have to compete with Turkey and Norway who both have 18 points to win Group G for a direct ticket to Qatar
The situation is getting more difficult for the Netherlands because in the last match of Group G, they had to host Norway in a game without spectators due to the spike in COVID-19 in the Land of the Windmills.
The Netherlands cannot lose in this match if they don’t want a ticket to the 2022 World Cup to float. The situation that the Netherlands had to face was regrettable for their captain Virgil van Dijk.
Van Dijk thinks the Netherlands should be able to win over Montenegro with the 2-0 advantage they had. However, he also did not want to be too protracted by this disappointment in order to immediately focus on facing the life and death match against Norway.
“With all due respect to Montenegro, as a Dutch team you should only win here. Especially if you lead 2-0. Maybe it’s because we were too lazy. We need to discuss carefully. Now we have to rely on Tuesday (against Norway). ) in an empty stadium,” Van Dijk was quoted as saying on the official UEFA website.
We will prepare well. We have faith in our squad and will give everything. We can do nothing more. But we definitely have to be better than tonight.”
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