Due to three major factors, I will not support the Netherlands today.
Yesterday's Portugal was a typical win-win situation. Portugal got 3 points as he wished. Ghana was still honored even though he lost. The capital side completed the harvest. All three parties were happy. The only unhappy was the friend who blindly believed that Portugal could win a big victory.
The first game today is about the Netherlands vs. Ecuador, and another World Cup Qatar vs. Senegal , let’s play in the old place and say the ball is updated.
Postress
Maybe many friends think so. The Netherlands played Senegal, which ranked 18th in the world and the whole team is worth 288 million, and finally won 2-0 easily. Today, I faced Ecuador, which ranked 44th in the world and the whole team is worth only 145 million.
Since we have won all 18th place, we will play 44th place today. It seems that winning is not a problem. If you think of it this way, you are wrong.
Is the Netherlands really good at the first game? Let’s look at a set of data. In fact, the expected goal value of the Netherlands in the entire game was only 0.7, which shows that the Netherlands actually created not many excellent opportunities.
Netherlands expected goals are not outstanding
But why did the Netherlands still score 2 goals? Both goals were due to Sergar's goalkeeper, Mendi 's two fatal mistakes.
The first goal was because Mendy made a mistake in attacking and did not hit the ball. Garkepo seized the opportunity to head the ball.
Menti made a mistake in attack
The second goal was because of Mendy. This time, a butter hand was found, and Klassen scored a goal.
Menti Butter Hand
You can say that the Netherlands is very alert. The goalkeeper's mistakes were caught, but apart from that, the Netherlands' own mobile attack really did not create many good opportunities.
There are three factors today, and I personally cannot trust the Netherlands.
first, just like the Netherlands' big roster this time, it's a bit light and heavy. There are many talents on the back line, the world's number one central defender Van Dijk, Inter Milan's main central defender De Frey, Golden Boy De Ligt, Ak of Manchester City , and the genius young man Yanbele, who is not weak in any of them.
But what about the front line? There is only one player who plays for in the five major leagues of , and he is not the main player of the team. Even the Tottenham Hotspur doesn’t want Belwin , and they are the main players in the starting lineup here.
And it is an embarrassing fact that there are no high center forwards in the Netherlands now. The two main strikers, Depp is 176 and Berwin is 175. Both of them are not traditional fulcrum centers, but are in the wing-side type.
In World Cup competitions, The best way for you to break the intensive defense is to start from the high altitude ball. cannot pass it in the ground. We can always walk in the air. Why can England and France win big because they have used the high altitude ball.
Why Argentina and Germany are upset? is because they are too obsessed with ground transmission and control and cannot break the dense defense.
Second, Ecuador, opposite this time, made it possible to enter the World Cup because of excellent defense. During the entire South American qualifiers, they only conceded 19 goals in 218 games, and they were the team with the lowest number of goals except Brazil and Argentina. Therefore, we can get a promotional quota in the fiercely competitive South America.
Ecuador advanced to the final match before the World Cup. When facing Argentina, Ecuador actually prevented Argentina only 6 shots in the whole game, and only 2 shots were directed.
defense Argentina only had 6 shots
You know, Argentina's game was the main force, and Messi and have also appeared. Is the Dutch forwards stronger than Argentina?
Third, Dutch coach van Gaal , currently suffering from cancer, which may be the last competition in his coaching career, so his tactical style is particularly cautious. Van Gaal bluntly stated at the press conference that defense is easier than offense.
Van Gaal
This game is not a life-and-death battle for the Netherlands. The opponent in the last round of the Netherlands is the weakest host Qatar, so even if you score 1 point in this game, it is acceptable.
So in this game, I think both sides will play very conservatively, and the Netherlands will not attack desperately. Ecuador still has hope of getting at least 1 point through defense. What do you think?
