9/12/2022–|Last updated: 9/12/202202:23 PM (Makkah Al-Mukarramah)
The Netherlands and Argentina will compete, this Friday evening, in the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 for a place in the semi-finals, and the winner of them will face the winner of the Brazil-Croatia match.
Argentina managed to qualify at the top of Group C. In the final price, it beat Australia 2-1, following a great performance from Lionel Messi, and the Netherlands advanced to the top of Group A and beat the United States in the second round 3-1, led by the brilliant Memphis Depay.
date and time
Friday 9 December at 22:00 Doha time.
pitch
Lusail Stadium.
Team news
in ArgentinaÁngel Di Maria’s participation seems uncertain; The Juventus player did not play once morest Australia due to an overload in his right thigh muscle, which is a question for Friday’s match.
On the other hand, it is expected to adopt Holland On the same team that beat the United States, giving them a ticket to the quarter-finals.
It’s time to get excited and have fun #FIFA_World_Cup
8️⃣ Teams will give the best performances ????
Who among them becomes the hero at the end of the story? ????????
– FIFA World Cup ???? (@fifaworldcup_ar) December 8, 2022
How do you watch the match?
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You can follow the events of the match, moment by moment, from the daily FIFA broadcast
possible formation
- Holland: Andres Nobert, Joren Timber, Virgil van Dijk, Nathan Ake, Denzel Dumfries, Martin de Roon, Frenkie de Jong, Daley Blind, Davy Claassen, Cody Jacbo, Memphis Depay.
- Argentina: Emiliano Martinez, Nahuel Molina, Christian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Marcos Acuña, Rodrigo de Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis McAllister, Angel Di Maria or Alejandro Gomez, Julian Alvarez, Lionel Messi.
Encounters history
Argentina and the Netherlands have met on 9 previous occasions. The European team excels with 4 victories compared to a single victory for the Argentine national team and 4 draws, one of which was in their last meeting in Brazil in 2014, and ended with the qualification of the South American representative through penalty kicks.
An individual match inside the stadium awaits us ????
???????? Lionel Messi ???? Virgil van Dijk ????????
Who wins this challenge? ???? pic.twitter.com/813HaSw5s4
– FIFA World Cup ???? (@fifaworldcup_ar) December 7, 2022
The most important numbers of the two teams
- They meet once more following the 2014 Brazil semi-finals.
- Only 5 players played that last match: Angel Di Maria and Lionel Messi from Argentina, Daley Blind, Memphis Depay and Stefan de Vrij, in addition to coach Louis van Gaal from the Netherlands.
What did they say?
Louis van Gaal, coach of the Netherlands national team:
“We have a suspended account with Argentina because of what happened in Russia 2018.”
Lionel Scaloni, Argentina coach:
“He (Louis van Gaal) is an iconic figure. It is an honor to face him. He is a coach that everyone knows what he did in football. These are the beautiful things that football gives you.”