The Netherlands beat Senegal: Why was it not a result that excited their fans?

Holland, now called in this American part of the globe “Netherlands“, was that. A low football expression. Because of the lack of fantasy and world hierarchy from midfield forward, but also because of the chess game that Senegal proposed and imposed on him. mane, who today more than ever missed the Sadio -and wise- of his eleventh. It was 2-0 for the Dutch, who lead group A together with Ecuador.

“The lions of Teranga”, as this African national team is known, started at a disadvantage from minute 0. Without the Bayern Munich star it was more than evident that his chances of success against the “Oranje” of the inveterate by the tactics Van Gaal were noticeably reduced.

A SENEGAL “MADE IN EUROPE”

However, Aliou Cissé –that coach with the appearance of a reggae boy or Snopp Dog- put his coaches to dance in the best European tactical style: with intense pressure on the first line of midfielders and being supportive of their two lines of 4.

Thus, he made the “Orange” see – or rather, know – as a sour version, which as the match progressed saw its defenders/midfielders and wingers fall into the lions’ cage.

And it is that a Europeanized Senegal, and what arguments there are: today its 11 initial soccer players were players of Top leagues of the “Old Continent”, it “colonized” with its tactical art a Netherlands that always had Frenkie de Jong as its main artist.

“THE EAR OF DE JONG”

It was precisely that artist, who throughout the game also lost his brush at times as a result of the apprehensive mark of the Africans, who drew a fantastic parable to decolonize his people when the final whistle was just around the corner.

The recipient of his inspiration was Cody Gakpo –the most shining jewel in these months in Holland-. The PSV striker put his head before a desynchronized Mendy, who with that miscalculation and the subsequent failure in Klassen’s goal made overboard the 85 minutes in which Senegal exhibited van Gaal’s “Oranje” as a fruit far from mature.

The Netherlands won on their return to a World Cup after their absence since Brazil 2014 but nothing more. To appear as a new version of “A Clockwork Orange” it lacks hours of gear and even parts.

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