Are the Netherlands the REAL dark horses in the World Cup? 🇳🇱 | Tactical Analysis
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The Netherlands have been quietly going about their business in the Qatar 2022 World Cup. But without being really tested, it’s still unclear how much potential they have.
So let’s take our usual deep dive into the Netherlands tactics and see what they do well, and how they’ll need to improve to get any further in this tournament.
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0:00 intro
0:27 OneFootball
1:13 Netherlands in possession
5:51 A counter attacking game
8:17 Argentina mini-preview
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We the Netherlands recognize, we don't have any worldstars in the attack. This time we don't want to lose beautifully, but win ugly.
In my opinion their attack is the best part of the team, DePay played brilliant games, Gakpo is also a name often heard even here in Brazil, it's just that if the rest of the team can't get the ball to them, nothing happens, and Messi is gonna want to have that ball lol
Brazil is a very scary country with all those drug cartels. If they kidnap you , you’ll be dismembered alive.
@@advancewarstournamentseries How's their attack better than the defense? Each defender is pretty much best-in-position.
@@gasparm.2711 Defence is solid, attack would of been better with the likes of danjuma. Glad we have memphis and Gakpo tho. Gakpo especially! Hes headed to the big boy clubs after the world cup.
@@advancewarstournamentseries Depay is much worse than Robben and Sneijder
nobody forget - these boys are actually doing midfield rotations. They're going to be ready when they really need to chase games.
The Dutch or Argentina?
The Dutch
We only rotate because no midfielder except Frenkie functions properly. 😅
@@Jeroen_93 Our starting 11 is 90% midfielders.
Have a look at Portugal mate, they're rotating their midfield with players with way more quality
It's hard to predict. I felt the group stage was more a training exercise than a real competition, just to perfect the execution of the system. The progress was clear against USA and I expect them to be better in possession against Argentina. Whether that will be enough, remains to be seen, as these games are usually won and lost on details.
Better in possession? They let the US have possession. That was there tactic. They said here is the ball, now let's see what you can do. And, well, you saw how that ended up.
@@Jadeloika77 well, yes, I know. But to win a game, some level of ball possession is required, if only to score goals. That should improve against Argentina in order to win. Not necessarily the system, just the execution of possession, how little that may be.
Gakpo and dumfries to steal the headlines while Messi watches on!
Pretty easy to predict: The Dark Dutch Horses will get the better chances, but will lose the game because of hands inside the penalty box by Timber early game. Messi (18min) 1 - 0. Second half Blind will make a huge mistake by not duelling in the air, so De Paul get's a free header. De Paul (72min) 2 - 0 Gakpo will try to settle the score but his goal will come too late (88min).
2 - 1 Argentina goes through
@@P0rk666 this is so specific that it has to be trough, putting my life savings on it
Interesting is also why the dutch switched away from 4-3-3. The Netherlands is looking for revenge against Argentina, and a first world cup win. The unpopular 5-3-2 system was designed to bring down teams such as Argentina and Brazil
it didn't work in 2014.. but it might do in 2022. LVG has a better pool of players to choose from now.
To my knowledge the 5-3-2 system was implemented because of time restrictions. The first time Van Gaal went 5-3-2 was when he took over the team shortly before the world cup in Brasil, and didnt had the time (or players) to be succesful with 4-3-3. And this time the preperation time was minimal again.
@@gertvaneisden5270 Yeah it was mainly due to a lack of good defenders, which wouldn't be a problem anymore this WC. But football changed since then, and the 532 system makes total sense now in my opinion.
@@gertvaneisden5270 a lot has changed since 2014 though - the 5-3-2 in Brazil was more a 3-4-1-2 with Kujt and N. De Jong in the wing back positions. At least Blind and Dumfries do operate as full-backs so that's what i mean, 2014 team has more players out of position - doing a job very well, but with less natural formation as the current 5-3-2. Also 3 at the back were a very young De Vrij, Vlaar and Martins Indi :D - Timber, van Dijk and Ake are at least a level higher if not world class.
If I had a selection of 5 world class center backs to choose from and slim pickings of world class offensive talent, I'd favor the 1-3-4-1-2 as well.
Good analysis. I'm from Argentina. If Netherlands try to attack Argentina they will have great problems to stop our attackers but we aren't findind spaces when rivals are closed . The Netherlands counter attack could hurt us, Scaloni probably is going to changes our midfield (adding Paredes) to have a guy to cover spaces on lose the ball. This is a 50% / 50% and classic Worldcup match, viva el fùtbol !
Hope we can do better than in 2014 ;) Have fun watching and good luck to argentina!
Argentina defense is awful
I'm from the Netherlands and we will be ready for you! Good game Friday!
They will punish Argentina in the air with crosses because the burden will be on Otameni to clear the ball in the air but he can't do this throughout the whole game at some point the ball will miss him. I see Holland winning 3-1.
@@matheusnevescastanheira2135 lol
Morocco, with nowhere near the tactical prowess as the Dutch, showed exactly how you outplay a team that wants to play football, but also wants to 'walk it into the net'. With 10 defenders. If the Dutch can pull off the same thing, keeping the spaces extremely small, annoying the everloving hell out of Messi, and keeping 1 up top for a quick break, you might have a great (but boring) game on your hands with 1 country passing 800 times consistently looking to part the orange sea, and 1 country comfortable with the other country being in possession.
Hmm yes this is risky, but Spain is nowhere near Argentina or Brasil. I think the Dutch if they play it right this time, are able to beat Argentina, but the Brazilian team is composed of too many creative players to be beaten by strategy. These tough matches are won by creative players with a good line up. The Dutch are strong but I don't see any of them holding up 90 minute pressure from Brazil, if they just sit and Defend it will be very exhausting, and if they get scored they will have to open up.
Morocco plays a different tactic. Their defense is more tight but allows little chance to go offensive. Morocco can gamble going into penalty kick out bcuz of d crown. Qatar is an Arab country and all Arabs inc Africans are backing Morocco, filling up the stadium cheering for them. Meanwhile, Netherlands has much fewer crowd (many didn’t bother going bcuz they hate that it’s held in Qatar) compared to Argentina that’s supported by Qatar’s migrant workers and Asians, not to mention 35K Argentinians who flew to Qatar. The last time they met, Netherlands lost to oenalty kick out.
Spain isn't the team they were back in 2008-2012. They struggled just a year ago with Switzerland. Argentina has already proven that they are more than capable enough to shake a team who has ten men in front of their net (Poland). The Netherlands isn't that big of a deal. A team like Ecuador dominated them in that 1-1 game, they barely had two shots, and 1 of them was on target. I got a feeling Van Gaal is applying a little bit of Southgate style of football with England instead of sticking to his philosophical Total football.
If the dutch play like Morocco, with 10 defenders, the dutch people are going to behead van Gaal when he gets back.
I agree but Argentina is a more direct team than Spain is.
Excellent break down of the Dutch team this World Cup. Thank you. I feel they did very well so far except the turn-over due to those individual's error like you mentioned. No one can predict this game. It could go either way for sure. Go Oranje!
I'm scared as a Argentina fan. They are already struggling to create chances. With Netherlands defence only a miracle can solve the problem. On attacks, Gakpo and Dumfries are scary. Plus they got giant Cbs for set pieces.
Edit- let's go😭. That was intense. Gg to the Netherlands they played well.
Set peices could be fatal for argentina if they pass dutch there wont be any giant cb or atckwrs left in the tournament
I dunno man, I have the feeling we're going lose vs Argentina.
It will be fun visually to see van dijk at 195cm and Noppert at 203cm next to Messi.
tbf, Mexico, Poland and Australia were really defensive teams. Except Australia on the last minutes the others didn´t even try to attack. That make's it hard to find spaces. This match will be a good measure for both teams.
@@eze8392 the difference is that others weren't dangerous in attack and Netherlands defence is probably best defence in the wc.
Here in the Netherlands they teach you as a child in lower schools at PE lessons to play triangle style as a team for passing the balls and scoring a goal. Thats why you see so many traingles in the Dutch team.
The only way to play it is the best system
They don't teach football tactics at PE lessons lol
This system is certainly working better for us than all of the possession an no results like we had under De Boer and Blind. LVG is legit.
Yeah we lost matches with 80% ball possession because the opponent would just defend with 11 men packed around the goal waiting for a mistake and counter.
I also think its funny how van basten is constantly saying how bad we are.
But back when he was coach we probably had the best team we had this century and what happened? He never made it to the quarter final off a tournament. But hey at least we had like 80% possesion right.
The fact that the dutch now have the best Dutch Coach vs the worst (Dutch) Coach also helps
Those were dark times...
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Great breakdown and editing. Thank you.
I have a feeling the dutch will be able to beat Argentina on Friday. Purely because their so dangerous on the counter and Argentina doesn't really look solid at the back. Definitely the most interesting match for me this week.
Don’t they look solid, though?
Argentinas keeper had one save against Mexico and one against Australia.
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@@El_Diego86 Congratulations Argentina
I'm going for 2-0 Netherlands. Van gaal just deserves this trophy, he had cancer, he is an incredible piece of foodball history.
LvG looked at his squad and saw it lacked quality, like Brazil or Portugal have. So he built from the strengths he did have: world class CBs (VvD, Ake, De Vrij, Timber, D Ligt), one world class midfielder (De Jong) and a half decent striker (Depay). That combined with two wing backs who can cause trouble on the day forces LvG to play this way. One other strength is LvG's tactical awareness, so NL always have a good game plan. They have improved a bit with every game, so if that is also the case vs Argentina it will be the NL facing Croatia in the semis to then beat England in the final..
A shame we don't have strikers like Robben, Sneijder or Van Persie anymore...
Can Croatia stop Brazil from winning? I think it would be the best dream for Croatia. Definitely, this World Cup presented us lots of uncertain results. But only single shocking result was occurred enroute to QF - (Spain vs Morocco). England is definitely a strong team but not consistent as France at all. And all are forgetting about Portugal. Portugese can shock anyone. I am an Argentine fan but I am scared of Cody Gakpo. His strike rate is amazing. In the contrary, Argentina is scoring low even if they made lots of chances against their opponents. I will keep NL ahead as Argentina is not so good at Air, so they always struggle against Germany, France or Netherlands or other european teams. Brazil is going to meet France in final, most probably.
Portugal doesn’t have better players.
Ned - Bra ... Eng - Por.... Ned - Eng (agreed)
@@iamrafiqulislam I don't think so dude. Argentina's gonna win the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and you know it!!
Good analysis sir. Being a Dutchman, I am emotionally tied to having Holland win the WC for the first time..... every time.
I have seen many Oranje teams and can state Oranje always had quality in parts of the team. This team here seems to jell as a bunch of dudes that love to win, enjoy each other and band together when scoring as seen in the many times they have scored. There is something to be said of seeing the Oranje boys jump on each other and smile and look happy to one another.
If you have seen many prior World Cups that was not always the case. Putting that aside and having World Class players showing themselves as unselfish, running back, passing and being technical. I will once again cheer for my Oranje to win it all.
I look forward to Argentina and beating them 3-1, then onto Brazil and beating them 2-1 and onto the final with France and taking the first World Cup title 3-2. HUP HUP HOLLAND!
hup holland hup!
Ik hoop dat je voorspellingen uitkomen!
Hup Hup Holland
Oranje team has the potential like never before. Just tactical master class by Van Gaal and cohesion within the players. It is a pleaaure to watch such a compact team. Wish you to go all the way and win WC for all those great Oranje generations that failed to do so. Best of regards from Serbia !!
"emotionally tied" aka we're waiting for the incredible beer discounts when we take this home :p
We should not underestimate the opponents the Dutch had so far.
Senegal winner of the Africa cup.
Equador in a very good shape.
Qatar winner of the Asian cup.
The US is winner of the Concacaf cup.
Argentina winner of the Copa America.
So almost every team they played against are cup holding champions from their area/continent.
Really Qatar. Qatar sucked. Honestly, the Netherlands probably had the weakest group. Senegal had injuries so they were not as strong as a full-strength team. The only tough team they really faced was the USA but the USA sucked at that game where they were allergic to shooting the ball. Argentina is the first real challenge that they are facing in the WC and based on that we can see how strong Netherlands are.
Nah mate equador was a good opponent
Netherlands have a good team,but pretending they had a tough schedule is pure cope bro 😂
@@faruquekhan3353 Still Qatar won the Asian cup so they know what they are doing. The Dutch did not have any friendlies before this WC to test the system and some players that haven't played for months are just coming back from injuries. The US attackers simply got neutralized by the Dutch defense.
Argentina is very mediocre so far. It's them that are struggeling against on paper very easy opponents. Take Messi out and the team is not much better than Qatar.
@@rodzila8314 I am not making this up. All these teams were the champions of their area/continent. They wouldn't if they sucked.
I want to see you in the dugout next to Van Gaal, you have excellent analysis, m8!!!
The Netherlands are 1 above average number 9 away from going from dark horses to one of the favorites. That being said they still have a chance since it's football and we've seen underdogs win it all before.
11.5% chance to win the tourney, but kinda depends on the source l0l
i think its more a really good winger.. you dont need a striker to win cups.. giroud was 9 for almost all france games last world cup and he only scored 1 its wingers the dutch need
imagine the defense with robben van persie and sneijder up front
@@imposter1311i miss that team. Robben is so good. And i will never forget the Van Persie flying dutchman goal.
4:52 'i was surprised with the directness of the Dutch' well that's ironic😂
After the 2010 WC, I was supporting Netherlands ever since. One reason was Robben and other was their kit (I love the orange) but they always had an enjoyable gameplay.
They will win a WC within my lifetime 🥲
Pleases me that of all the tournaments, 2010 was the one which made you support the Netherlands.
Some of so called experts in the Netherlands were not so amused with the way of play and still are living in the 70s.
Hup holland hup! Hup dominantie zonder de bal nodig te hebben. Fuck balbezit en hup transitie, restverdediging, rotatie, mentaliteit en duels winnen. Hup Louis, hup Virgil. Cruijff zou trots zijn.
I hope you live a long time, because we have a very bad record playing finals.....
…… support your own country.. that’s kind of the point. This isn’t the super bowl lmao
@@OneMor3Win Nah people can support whoever they want to support
@@iTzRaptorsyeah sure I agree passively support them if you don’t have a country in the World Cup..
It’s normal to root for a team over another.. but if you’re wearing their jerseys or following their success over decades then you’re just odd. If you consider yourself part of a different countries “fans” in such a cup and saying things like “we won” and going online to hype them up in online forums then you don’t watch football properly imo. Just a plastic fan, who kind of missed the whole point.
The main point of the World Cup is to be proud of your nation along with your fellow countrymen no matter how far they get.
As a 50 yr old DUtchman i wasnt brought up with this style of football. We grew up watching our adventurous and attacking teams lose in QF, SF and finals. We might succeed with this kind of 'defensive' football at this WC, but if we don't we have watched 4 boring games. So after this WC i hope we go back to our roots.
Rogier, met mijn 41 jarige leeftijd, vaak genoeg een dominant aanvallend Nederlands elftal gezien.
We beginnen de wetten van het voetbal, steeds beter onder de knie te krijgen.
Met andere woorden ; ' als Oranje maar wint, en hoe interesseert mij niet'!
@@jaccooccaj217 zo is het Jacco! Wij hebben vaak genoeg mooi voetbal gebracht
Boring maybe but winning counts!
@@Melv410 vergis je niet... er zit karakter in onze ploeg... ook bij een 1-0 achterstand, tandje hoger schakelen, kan deze ploeg! Met meester tacticus Louis, zie ik het wel zitten. Laat die Argentijnen maar komen...
@@tj2645 Mee eens!
Your videos are too good man keep it up
most of the times i really hate when team play defensive but italy always the special case for me,they playing beautiful and well discipline…italy 2006 is the best exampe how you can play defensive with beauty…another great example is italy 2012 and italy 2021…this netherlands squad in this world cup reminds me of that,they are team not to be taken lightly,they are the heavy favorites to win the world cup this year,but i really hope argentina can win,argentina are also looking strong right now
I'd say Brazil is the favorite man
The track record of the Dutch team is a bit of a hit and miss the last 50 or so years on major tournaments, but they should definitely not be underestimated. They came in second place in the 2010 WC (barely losing to Spain after nearly 120 minutes of a goalless game) and they ended in third place in the 2014 WC (beating Brazil 0-3), just to name a few recent ones. They can easily compete with the greatest football nations out there when they are on a roll...
Dont forget the famos 'Poule of Death' in 2008's EC. Netherlands along France(no2) and Italy(WC), and both of them got their arses presented on a silver platter with a 4-1 and 3-0 victory over the World Champion and Runner-up.
And in 2014, the Netherlands extrated thé ultimate Revenge for the lost 2010 finale by disembowling Spain with that 5-1 defeat! Spain never reacovered from that match, and technically; The Dutch énded Cassillas carreer in that match!(As Real Madride sided him after that!)
@@thegreenreaper6660 I think, even before the wc started, that LVG has worked out a plan to defeat Argentina just like Spain.
The goalkeeper Cillessen was scrapped just because of that alone. He has a bad attitude and when it comes to penalties, he is just not the right man.
We have seen some glimpses of his gameplan in the last 4 matches, but I think he’s keeping his real tactics hidden until the big opponent’s are on the list. I still think it will be tough to really form a conclusion of what will happen in the next game(s), I guess we will see…
Have some fun memories of all the meltdowns during the 2010 finale 😂
We were so close
Every time Netherlands out WC, they were better. 3 x WC fibal, 1/2 etc etc. Now finally gonna win ugly
Very nicely analyzed. Impressed!
Might just come back here if the Reds are also your cup of tea ;)
As a Dutchman, I'm really excited for the Argentina match. I like Argentina, they are skilled and honorable opponents and both countries deserve to win in my opinion. May the best team win
Are u tall?
@@user-ds6sp1hl7i haha I'm somewhat tall
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Very well put!!
Not the Dutch. They should not have made it this far.
4:49 surprised at the sheer directness of the Dutch
We often hear that lol.
I am from the future
Morocco is the REAL dark horse 😂😂😂
Van Gaal is the real SuperStar at this World Cup!
I don't know why we're even seen as a dark horse. We're on a streak of 18 unbeaten matches in a row, we've beaten the FIFA Ranking nr.1 Belgium twice this year, given a masterclass to Poland, made it to the finals of the nations league, have a bunch of internationally acclaimed players, etc. Even artificial intelligence has deemed us the favorites to win the tourney right after Argentina. After the short dip this team has been on the rise again under Koeman and is now really shining under Van Gaal. I think we have a real good chance of winning this World Cup, the best we've had in a long time. Maybe the playstyle isn't flashy but that's because Van Gaal recognizes we have the best defense out of any team. He caters the tactics around that and it has worked out perfectly for us. Everyone and their mom thought the USA was gonna overrun us and they didn't because of the tactical genius that Van Gaal is. Will it be easy to beat any of the remaining teams? No. Is it very possible considering we only have to win 3 matches to become world champion? Yes! This Dutch team is perfectly able to deregulate any team's flow and strangulate them.
That's very true, I think on terms of rating the Dutch were like 3rd or 4th place, can't remember if they were above the French
Because You'll need to beat Argentina, then Brazil and then possibly France in Final?!
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I´m Argentinian. Glad to see both teams are finding their way to the top of their performances. We´ll see how it turns out on Friday. Wish you luck against Messi because he´s on fire.
No problem even if Agentina wins us , we got our princess from them, always Agentina is our wife. If any one don’t know the Prince of Netherlands The wife came from Agentina. So you can see the real relationship, even the last world cup Netherlands played with Agentina and Agentina win, so always remember your cant predict every year the same. No one could predict of Morocco to succeed to enter in Quater finals.
Well guess you was wrong about netherlands being the dark horse, i do agree they have good positioning but that was not enough to beat argentina also the referee ruined the match
It looked that Van Gaal was sparing his players as much as possible and keep a fit team that can grow into the tournament German Style. Until now there hasn't been a team that was really good enough to switch tactics. He kept the tempo low as long as needed and get used to the climate in the process it seems. Argentina will be the first real test and I am curious to see how the team functions and if they can succeed. If accuracy is better than previous games, the Dutch have quite a chance to win this game, as Argentina seems to struggle a bit. Never underestimate Argentina though, they have enough individual quality to win.
there are 2 other reasons why matthijs de ligt isnt playing. one is that he came into this world cup injured and had to recover. and two is that right and left central defender (timber and ake) need to be good wing backs too, cuz they need to take over for blind and dumfries when they are up the pitch (so at that moment they are playing 3-4-3 or 3-3-4 formation instead of 5-3-2). timber and ake have played wing back in their past too, while de ligt struggles a bit as wing back (he admitted that himself too). so i think de ligt will be the substitute for van dijk. btw we also still have de vrij, who is one of the best defenders in italy, so all in all for sure our defense is our strong point, maybe even the best defense in the world at the moment.
so all in all for the netherlands to become world champion will all depend on the shape of the midfield and specially the attacking players, they are very inconsistent, one day they can play worse then the weakest attack line in all of this world cup and the other day they can play as good as the best. so for us its keeping our fingers crossed that memphis (and the others) will have their good days, cuz on their bad days we dont stand a chance, unless it will be a 0-0 and penalties win.
Great analysis! Thanks 🙏🏻
I'd love to see the same Analysis for England x France match, can England beat France without breaking Mbappe's leg ?
Que partidazo fue
Solid on transition and well rounded defensively, they can use
Depay, or Dejong
and wingbacks to help progress the ball higher up the pitch and counter the other side.
Will be interesting to see the match on Friday vs Argentina
I expect things to only open up in extra time, after a rather uneventful 0-0 final score (as in 2014). After years of having a penalty complex like Spain, team NL is ready for penalties with a 2-meter goalie. But I do hope I am completely wrong and Netherlands will win 4-3 after a wonderful game, filled with beautiful moments of Dutch counter football and Messi magic. Since the Dutch will not press high, I hope the 50,000 Argentina fans will push their team forward, leaving some nice spaces behind for the Dutch to run into. Can't wait to see this one unfold...
well, a 2-2 with a lot of moment how you ask. But they are still not redy for penalties. So half half, lol
Goede analyse!! Super!!
Great video. Could you make an analysis video on Morocco vs Spain? Thank you!
Date Match Result Score Competition
26 May 1974 Netherlands v Argentina W 4-1 International Friendly
26 Jun 1974 Argentina v Netherlands W 0-4 FIFA World Cup
25 Jun 1978 Argentina v Netherlands L 3-1 FIFA World Cup
22 May 1979 Argentina v Netherlands D 0-0 FIFA Celebration (ARG on penalties)
04 Jul 1998 Netherlands v Argentina W 2-1 FIFA World Cup
31 Mar 1999 Netherlands v Argentina D 1-1 International Friendly
12 Feb 2003 Netherlands v Argentina W 1-0 International Friendly
21 Jun 2006 Netherlands v Argentina D 0-0 FIFA World Cup
09 Jul 2014 Argentina v Netherlands D 0-0 FIFA World Cup (ARG on penalties)
So basically NED only really lost the 1978 final against ARG
Wait, so if the Netherlands were to win the WC on penalties does that mean that they didn't really win it?
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yes but in 1978 Argentinian bought their championship ...In the half final against Peru
2014 was a lost too, tho.
@@s.vanheijnsbergen9644 read my comment well I'm talking about penalties
@@jstos3675 Right! But they didn’t lose it either.
The teams are evenly matched in my opinion but I've been backing Argentina since I was 7(I'm 39 now) and I'm not gonna stop now! My bet is on a 1-0 win for Argentina!
Wicked insight 💯
been rooting for them from the start and have them winning my bracket netherlonds got this 💪
As a Dutch fan I expect argentina to win the WC, but I hear nobody talking about lo celso that’s really a big loss for argentina he is really the best for their play style. If he was on the team for the WC they would’ve been 10x more dangerous
Yes, true. But losing Lo Celso is why it's unlikely Argentina would beat teams like Brazil, and I'm not too sure Argentina can beat the Netherlands either.
I don't think Van Gaal is going to play defensive as Mexico, Poland and Australia, that give us (Argentina) a bit of space to play and room for a good match. I think is going to be a really hard match for both, any of them can win. As an argentinian I think Brasil and France are one step above the rest
most people here in the netherlands agree with your assessment of the dutch squad. we are great off the ball but the first 3 games we have been very sloppy in possession. only against the US we started to see what we are capable of when having the ball and even in that game it was still sloppy at times.
you can see LvG is struggling with finding the right midfield that can link up with our attackers.
our strengths are our defence and wingbacks and if we have a good day and argentina does not, we can win. but if messi starts dancing, we're gonna need a miracle.
Great vid
The Netherlands can go onto the Semi-finals easily. Their inexperience will get the better of them sometime, but the Argentine side isn't all that great. If you can neutralize Messi, the rest of the squad is quite ordinary. I will go with Netherlands winning 2-1 or 3-1.
I'll come back to this so pls reply me so i don't lose this comment
@Landya Pandu lets see
I will comeback to.this comment section too
@@neutralboi1984 I'll come back to your comment too ..nvm I'll be too lazy or I'll see... But Netherlands easily winning this mark WORDD
@@koala322 ok
@Landya Pandu ok
Holland can just bring Luuk de Jong. He is a giant compared to Argentina players. He is 1 of the best players in the world scoring goals with his head ^^
Great analysis, thank you! Hup Holland.
Could you make a tactical analysis of Sweden in the nations league? It was a shock for almost everyone hearing about it and i think it would be well appreciated by many to see the background to this catastrophic story.
My concerns are seeing the Dutch playing horrible the first 3 matches and winning or even scoring goals with so few chances. But against USA they played really well, got lucky in the first 10 minutes but luck is part of a winning strike
Vamos Argentina!
It is all down to one man, that is the little man, the magical Messi. If he can produce some magic then Argentina can stand a chance to win or else it is done for Argentina against the strong Nederlands.
I love how u mentioned Memphis depays role in this line up and tactics of LvG. He has been crucial ever since the Koeman took the helm (and left to barca to leave it in less great coaches hands).
His role is a bit different to what it was b4 with more possession like play and moving back to link up plays as mentioned in the video due to his strong body to receive the ball and get into the box which resulted in a very high Assist and Goals or goal involvement atleast.
Thats why we have something called the Memphis Meter (count)
Great video. In messi’s interview post game with netherlands he (maybe a bit hot headed) said: “van gaal says he plays football but all he did was shooting long balls” - seems you pointed this at 4:53
Definitely hot headed but true.
@@rRekko True? Hes still famous for playing good football, so not really.
we will only be seen as favorites after our victory over argentina on friday
Also, Argentina moves the ball quickly and pulls its opponent midfield players out of position creating spaces. This has two effects: 1: Opponents may have a break in concentration (Mexico/Poland), while fatigue sets in and 2: Venerable spaces can be discovered while probing the opponents defense for weaknesses. This Holland team have to many weaknesses.
True, but they have a strength no one has, certainly not Argentina: a tactical astute manager. His players will know exactly what is coming at them; what is Argentina's plan A and plan B. Their manager is not capable of a plan C.
Holland have the quicker players! Gakpo and dumfries will steal the headlines!
@@chicks-on-the-loose As an Argie, I agree with Arjan. Van Gaal was already coaching when Scaloni was 10 years old.
@@gasparm.2711 So as Tite. Scaloni outsmarted him in the COPA finals. Also, Argentina is not one trick pony when it comes to playing styles and tactics. This team is known for playing several ways in a game. I'm guessing you haven't been watch the Arg team for the last 4 years. Have you notice that the Argentina team is not reacting to the Verbals that Holland is talking up. Remember, this is the team that embarrasses Italy and Brazil just a few months ago. Scaloni was the COACH.
Oh, by the way. This version of Argentina will "KICK YOU". ask Brazil about the COPA finals. Can the Dutch pretty boys handle an old fashion game of football?
This is so exciting 🙃
Admiraal van Gaal!
Arg is really good at breaking the lines, patient in their buildups and are the second highest passing team but with the finish to the product.
You have to remember that the netherlands probably has the best defenders in the tournament tho
@@swaffelkonijn1752 Arg back 5 (Acuna, Otamendi, Ramero, Martinze, Malino).
Holland back 5 (Dumfries,Timber, Van Dijk,Ake,Blind). Who looks better?
@@way_no6810 Argentina looks better! 😎😎😎
@@way_no6810 Netherlands way bettr lmao
@@zombot674 they lost🤡
I remember Conte’s chelsea vs Barcelona with a solide block of defense long story short Messi score twice
I remember netherlands argentina 2014 when messi played classes better then now. 0-0. Also wil LVG
fatigue can play major part too
even if they win against Argentina, if they do it in 120 mins,
it will be hard physically to perform well in semi against Bra/Cro
they next game is like 3 days later they have enough rest
The Netherlands have plenty of quality, but with the way the bracket is set they'd need to win it the hard way.
If one actually pays attention to the bracket, which is a *huge* factor on who gets to "dark horse" a tournament, then the most likely dark horse is obviously Portugal.
completely agree and Portugal has just played a stunner of a match, maybe France can stop them but if Mbappe is really injured this could open up the way to the finals
@Kaas1202 With Ronaldo they are not? lmao
Netherlands is a favorite not a dark horse
the netherlands isn't a dark horse they have played 3 finals and a 18 game or so unbeaten streak under Van Gaal and i think if there's one choach who can bring it home for the netherlands its Van Gaal
Bro that was 12 years ago and the Dutch haven't been at the top since 2014. Hell they couldn't even qualify last time.
You described a dark horse.
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@@ashaazimroz9775 We got fresh players since 2014 ;)
@@ZikkemanYT Fresh players but not on the same level as Van Persie, Robben, etc.
As a Dutchman , possession has been terrible but everything else has been good or great. If we fix the possession we can beat Argentina, but if we let them have the ball 65% of the time there is no way its gonna end well.
As an Argentinian, I wouldn't be scared of possession. For instance, look at Spain, they had the ball the whole time against Morocco and still lost. Possession means nothing if no chances are created.
before i watch the entire video, i'd like to state that in recent years this national team can't 'hold' ball possession very well, the players kinda get 'overwhelmed when pressure is applied from the other team and end up passing it back, sideways and losing the ball in the end.
The thing they do best however is getting the ball back and react upon the fact they need to get forward asap, this makes it easier to be on the ball due to the open spaces and forward runs to pass the ball to and thus relieving a lot of that pressure/stress.
now im going to watch the entire video lol
just replying to my own comment to say that i don't quite know what the outcome of Netherlands vs Argentina will be, it is going to be interesting but i feel like we will get to see an 'even' game but in the end one of the national teams manages to score and win. so you can imagine a 1-1 or 2-2 situation for a long time.
Dawg can you make a video on Japan’s performances against Germany, Spain, Croatia?
That would be dope, though I would be surprised if he goes back to teams that are already out when the tournament is already ending, pretty much
I think the biggest fear for the Dutch is that they can't concede first. They need the space in turnovers and counters for attacks to work in this system. Once Argentinia scores early and the dutch are forced to play ball it's going to be very difficult for them. I'm expecting a very passive start from LvG. I expect it to be similar in the US game but Argentinië are going to play a lot more compact and therefor exploiting them is going to be very hard. I'm hoping that if the match remains 0-0 until after the 70th minute we'll get to see Luuk de Jong on the pitch. I think it's very likely he'll be subbed on anyway only if the Dutch end up in a 2-0 lead or something he won't play.
As a Dutch man, I really like your analysis. In The Netherlands there has been a lot of critisism because 'we want to win, but foremost we want attractive football'. Sometimes you can't have both at the same time. The last time we played Argentina, Messi did not score, let's hope that he (and his teammates of course) will not score this time too.
Frenkie de Jong and Nathan Aké have both recieved a yellow card. If the Netherlands manage to beat Argentina they better not be suspended for the semi-final, because especially de Jong is absolutely vital to the Netherlands and Aké is irreplaceable as well.
yellows reset for the quarter finals so those cards no longer matter
@@elduderino7767 No, they will be reset after the quarter finals.
@@JSterko yes, i stand corrected, they clear for the semis
any player already on a yellow who gets a yellow in this round will miss the semis
De Jong is terrible
Not even close. Morocco is the definition of what a black horse is. Netherlands cant be a black horse having made it to world cup finals in the past and being top ten for a long time. They're currently ranked 8 on the Fifa ranking (which is bs in the first place). Morocco finished first place in the group that they shared with the current world cup runner up and the current rank 2 on the Fifa ranking (again, bs). Even if Spain isnt as good as the team that won in 2010, they are the 7th best team in the world according to Fifa
*_Ik heb het uiterste vertrouwen dat wij gaan winnen van Argentinië._*
What did you say????. In English please!
Well, Louis van Gaal was a big fan of 5-3-2 since he started coaching this team. He compared it to Tuchel's Chelsea Champion's league winning teamformation. But he's wants to make a clear distinction between the old game and the new game. The new game where every player has full stamina to run 120 minutes, age of information. The way Netherlands set up their defending corners is pretty lit aswell. They form a snake, they all stay within one line with Virgil leading that line of players, During the corner they position the line into the line of the ball inc from the corner. The player that's gonna head the ball get's protection from the player in his back that prevents any attacker to slip in his back and head it in front of the player. Simple but effective tactics that need team coordination. The Dutch have it, they won't depend on starplayers anymore. There's not a Robin van Persie or Arjen Robben anymore to create something from nothing. Now it's even more TOTAL FOOTBALL, because every player is involved. The only thing is, it's not 4-3-3. But it'll win this world cup.
We have one of the best midfields of the World Cup and I would even go as far as saying that we have the best defense out of all the teams with a very surprising goalkeeper. But our attack is seriously lacking quality with only Gakpo playing like a World Cup player should
I think the Acuña Dumfries duel is going to be CRITICAL in this game. Acuña comes with a yellow card con his back that I feel will weight hard over him. I root for Argentina so I hope this could get controlled! This is gonna be an incredible tight match
You forgot de vrij from inter Milan he is one of the best divenders of serie A
he doesnt play
De Vrij has been injured. But even if he gets fit he probably wouldnt start anyway.
In 2010 we had Heitinga and Mathijssen in the team. Now we have De Vrij and De Ligt on the bench. Crazy.
Netherlands and Argentina have history and it always point to one end... if in the 2014 semifinals we were able to beat the team that had Robben, De Jong, Van Persie, Sneijder and were world subchampions, I wouldn't say the odds are shifted to any side. 50/50 unless Messi comes up with some crazy shit like he is known for
You din't beat them. It was a draw. You have never beat the NL in 90 mins. They have beat you twice in 90 mins.
@@chicks-on-the-loose they did beat the netherlands once in 90 mins.
The final off 78
I hope Van Dijk kicks Messi in two pieces 😂 (Joking)
@@jeltevl8868 That is not true. In the final of ,78 it was 1-1 after 90 minutes.
@@chicks-on-the-loose a win is a win whether by a mile or a quarter mile
I'd still have to see whether the Dutch can even beat Argentina. I think the quality is there, the tactics are there, but as also mentioned in the video; it will come down to individual form, individual mistakes and overall performance. If the Dutch win from Argentina, I predict them going all the way to the final and winning it, going through Brazil in the semi-final and meeting either Portugal or France in the final. So my guess is on either eliminated this round, or going all the way.
I’ll be honest my number one pick was Brazil with my outsider being Portugal but Holland look much better than I expected and I can see why Man U have been going back and forth with De Jong as looks very good and possibly too good for Man U 🤣 but I am going to stick with my original choices.
From your perspective, what went wrong with Spain against Morocco?
That they missed All penaltys
Nothing, Morocco played well all of its games so far and Spain is not as good as people think.
Spain should try to shoot more instead of passing from left to right
Spain was dancing with the ball instead of shooting and chocked on the penalties which shows lack of experience
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Yes, and they have to be quicker when moving the ball. At the end of the day, you cannot expect anything from them because they don't have enough quality on their squad.
Do it for Brazil last game
Prefiro que fale sobre o da Espanha msm kkkk
Easy passeio game, nem vale a pena kkkk
O que eu achei é que foi muito importante pra moral do time essa vitória, finalmente vimos Neymar rindo e empolgado com a galera, Vini Jr. finalmente marcou um gol, merecido, e Richarlison mostrou que ele não é só um "jogador de truques", ele marca gols consistentemente, se o Brasil estiver atacando bem
the next match will reveal how good this team really is.
They are up there
Rule one of the world cup , the teams that seem average or dont make a lot of noice are the ones going far or wining it . 2010 the dutch where writen of 2014 they wouldnt even get out of the group stage and yet they reached the semi final 2x and a final 1x in the past 4 world cups . 1998 , 2010 ,2014 not a bad record .
The dutch them self only had 4 days to prepare , van gaal already said that he needed 3 to 4 weeks to get his team to play like he wants. and week 3 to 4 are comming up . and we all seen the omprovements with each game and now they had 6 days against argentina to train . and prepare.
I think the match is 65% in Netherlands favour vs Argentina.
No
Yes
As an Argentina fan, I agree. I don't know why everybody has Argentina as the favorite. Their defense is very shaky and don't cope well with pressure. I think people are allowing their emotions to cloud their judgment.
However, I hope I'm wrong and Argentina win on Friday.
Good conversation😏
@@jstos3675 the odds are too high.. it'll come down to who can take their chances... argentina will have the ball, if they can execute they will win... but unlike the dutch, finishing chances has been a problem for argentina this tournament
i'd say it's 50/50 - the dutch aren't going to need as many chances as argentina
We shall be world champion 🇳🇱🦁🇳🇱
Enjoyed your analysis! Good insights both positive and negative qualities of the Netherlands side. I'm guessing the Argentina game will draw, and come down to penalties. Suggestion for a future video: Why are so many penalty shots being missed/saved? Thanks!
Spot on Thomas! I saw this YT analysis after the game, I have to say I agree about passing issues. That really killed off any viable buildup first half and even second half. Even worse was the referree, while I thought he started to ref fair at the start he ended up being so neurotic with the cards giving them both to Arg and Ned like mad.
Still though, it was an exciting match due to the comeback. I enjoyed the first goal from Arg and the way Ned fought back. GL to Arg now Ned is out. It didn’t have to come to penalties as Ned could have tried to keep the pressure on in extended play. It was the only moment I saw Arg not getting in their play. Penalties seem to be not our thing (like ever 😁).
We zullen er alles aan doen om wereldkampioen te worden. 🇳🇱❤️⚽️
I'm Dutch and i hope (and think) we win this match friday. We have got scores to settle with Argentina. However, should we lose i very much hope Messi will take the Cup home. If anyone deserves that crown on his work, it is definitely him. The best to ever play the game imo.
LOUIS VAN GAALS ARMY
I for one, really like this 'new' system. And yes, I rather call it 3 - 2 - 3 -2. In a classic sense it's more 3 - 3 - 2 + 2, but that really messes up the math, so let's call it 3 - 3 - 2 & 2. The last 2 can make it 5 - 3 - 2 on defense and 3- 3- 5 on full offense - as is also in your video. In fact, against the USA two of our goals were from from the &2 players passing the ball to eachother. So I don't get the complaints in my own country, really. Football is a defensive game. That's why nearly every team plays with more defenders and matches often end in 0-0. So our system is a bit more defensive? Well, like I said, it's a defensive game to start with. I don't see the problem!
The Dutch team have great tactical game always! But they lack "passionate street skills" like the ones from Brazil for example! Once you become too tactical, you forget to use your intuition when hitting that goal, sometimes you just got to go for it even if it is not part of the plan!
Can you do a video on Morocco 🇲🇦
why? All they do is defend lol
@@BR-ip5pz that's how u play when u know u have no chance against big teams
There are a lot of videos that they are destroying cities because they won, do you mean those video's?
Bunch of animals.
@@BR-ip5pz well the way they defend the spaces is exactly opposite to Spain 🇪🇸
I love messi but I think it’s 60-40 for Netherlands
that's way too many goals dude !!!!
Argentina will have to step it up🙏
Luckily for Argentina they have a game changer in the name of Messi. Without this player the Netherlands would have won and progressed to win the world cup.
with another ref, ned would have won
Idk, Argentina dominated that game hard.
And yes Argentina is tactically Centered around messi, but that is what you do when you have someone like him. If Argentina didn't have messi the team would probably be organised in a different way, and probably not be nearly as good as it is today but still there is some young talent in Argentinas team, I guess we will see in the next wc if messi retires.
Sadly the refugee was the 12th person on the Argentina team :)