Netherlands
Those led by Louis van Gaal come from overcoming with authority to the United States National Team for the round of 16 of Qatar 2022 thanks to the scores of Memphis Depay, Daley Blind and Denzel Dumfries, who gave their team a pass to the quarterfinals for the eighth time in history.
The Dutch have always been protagonists during the 12 participations in which they have been, being those of 1974 and 1978 where they had their best presentation when they finished as runners-up. Now, once morest Argentina, they will seek to return to the semifinal of a World Cup, following third place in Brazil 2014.
“Football has evolved. You see in this World Cup that the results are basically tight. Big countries once morest smaller teams. Defending compactly is simply easier than attacking. Now it seems that we only defend. That is not true,” Van Gaal said at a press conference prior to the commitment.