After Uruguay shook hands with South Korea, Portugal also 3-2 Ghana, which coincided with our pre-match views. The Asian teams in this World Cup were really shining. Saudi , Japan and South Korea successively beat strong enemies, which made people feel satisfied, and they were envious. I don’t know when I will see the national football team perform like this one day. Today, the second round of the World Cup group stage is about to start. Let’s first talk about the views on Netherlands vs Ecuador.
This game focuses on three levels. First of all, the Netherlands' style of play. In this World Cup, the Netherlands revealed prudence and conservatism everywhere. First, their head coach van Gaal frequently talked about it in the pre-match interview that it is easier for the Netherlands to do a good job of defense than to do a good job of offense. The players also expressed that they should improve their defense and achieve a perfect level. In the first round, facing Senegal without Mane , the Netherlands also played very pragmatically. With defensive counterattack style, he won the first three-pointer in the group stage. Although it is not a typical Dutch-style victory, compared with other strong teams that have failed, the results are the most important.
This is mainly caused by the lack of talent in the Netherlands' forward line. There have been many great forwards in the history of the Netherlands, but now the one that deserves the most to rely on in their team is Depp . However, Depp has only played twice in Barcelona this season, and is still injured. Today, he can only play at halftime. Belwin and Gakbo also need to continue and stable performance to prove himself. In any case, compared with the defense line led by Van Dijk, the Dutch forward line is still much mediocre.
Let’s talk about the Netherlands’ defense. Van Gaal boldly used new goalkeeper Nopper in this World Cup, which was one of their most adventurous attempts. In the last game, he contributed 4 wonderful saves, second only to Saudi goalkeeper Ovez, and also scored 8 points after the game. It has to be said that Van Gaal's vision is really vicious.
But his adjustment of de Ligt's position is not so ideal. We all know that de Ligt has always been in the left central defender or in the middle position, but this World Cup, Van Gaal placed him on the right position, which made De Ligt not so comfortable to play and made several mistakes. However, considering De Rigt's confrontational ability and height advantage, it is expected that Van Gaal will still let him deal with Ecuador, which has excellent heading ability. They made several fatal mistakes in the last game. If it weren't for the goalkeeper's super-goal performance, the Netherlands would probably not have won. Today, when I encounter Ecuador, there are probably more hidden dangers.
Ecuador's defensive counterattack is sharper than Senegal, especially a Senegal that lacks Mane. They have a solid defense and have not conceded goals in many consecutive games. Valencia is also in a smooth manner. They play in Qatar Valencia with excellent running position and strong finishing ability. It is also a major challenge to the Dutch defense line. Let’s take a look at what we talked about earlier. Although the Netherlands is stronger, Ecuador is not a bottom-line. We are optimistic that the two teams will each score one point. If the Netherlands can beat Ecuador, then it will be almost the same to add one of them until the end. What about your opinion?
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