The Netherlands team knew how to take advantage of the opportunities it had to beat the United States three goals to one in the first game of the round of 16 of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
At the start of the game the Americans had a great chance to score with Pulisic but the goalkeeper Noppert made an excellent save, at minute 10′ of the game Memphis Depay received a cross completely alone in the six-yard box and scored with his right foot to put the 1-0 when it seemed that the first half was ending with this result, once again Dumfries on the right reached the edge of the penalty area and took out the cross that Daley Blind finished off at 45+1 in the 2-0 draw for the Netherlands to end the first part.
In the second half, the Netherlands managed the game better with the advantage on their side, letting the Americans advance lines in search of discount and they take advantage of the spaces to counterattack and widen the score, but goalkeeper Turner saved the United States on several occasions .
With 15 minutes to go, Haji Wright scored the discount for the United States, causing the game to take on dramatic overtones in the final minutes, when the Americans attacked the most, a play came from the left wing with Blind who put the cross into the area and Dumfries I enter only from the right, beating the back of the United States defense for the final 3-1 victory of the Netherlands.
Now they await the winner of the game between Argentina and Australia for the quarterfinal match to be played next week.
