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On December 9, the 2022 World Cup enters its decisive phase. The Lusail Iconic stadium in Lusail, Qatar, will host Mundial’s first quarter-final: the Dutch team will play against Argentina. The fight will start at 21:00 Kyiv time.

Holland

“Oranje” quite calmly, without unnecessary nerves and body movements, became one of the eight favorites of the current world football forum.

Wards van Gaal predicted he won his group by scoring seven points in three games. The Dutch first defeated the Senegal national team 2:0, then shared the points with Ecuador (1:1) and in the final match of the group stage beat the hosts of the tournament without tension – 2:0.

In all three matches, the “orange” outperformed its rivals. The victories were awarded to them fairly easily, and the only draw was more a result of the Dutch loosening themselves than the agility of their opponents.

In the 1/8 finals, the Netherlands confidently beat the Americans in a spectacular match with many dangerous moments and beautiful goals – 3:1. The hero of the fight was the defender Dumfries, who scored one goal and two assists. At the post-match press conference, happily Van Gaal kissed Denzel in a large crowd and thanked the football player for such a great game.

Van Gaal shouldn’t just kiss Dumfries in the first four fights of the World Cup. Almost the entire team deserves flattery. But especially – striker Gakpo, who became a real find of the tournament.

The match against Argentina will be the 12th game in the final stages of the World Championship for the Orange mentor. The Netherlands, led by Van Gaal, have won nine times in previous matches, drawn once and only lost once.

The Dutch lost to Argentina in the memorable semi-final of the 2014 World Cup (later the Dutch team lost to Messi in the penalty shootout). So van Gaal (the famous coach is already 71 years old and Qatari Mundial’s oldest manager), who will step down from his position as coach of his country’s national team after the 2022 World Cup, will have good reason to take revenge. .

Louis Van Gaal, Head coach of the Netherlands national team:

“If I believe the Dutch press, we will never win the World Cup. And we want to win it. I don’t want to remember the match against Argentina eight years ago: you can’t play that game again. Now we just want to win.”

Argentina

One of the undisputed favorites of the 2022 World Cup made an unsuccessful start to the group stage. In the opening match of the group tour, the Argentines lost a sensational 1: 2 to the Saudi Arabian national team. This defeat of “Albiseleste” was later “erased” for underestimating the opponent.

In principle, subsequent matches confirmed this hypothesis: Argentina was noticeably added from game to game. “We have solid finals ahead,” said Messi, the leader and captain of the Latin American team, after the match against the Arabs. And so far Argentina is winning the finals.

In the second round, the wards of Scaloni, one of the youngest coaches of the Qatar World Cup, defeated Mexico with a goal and assist from Messi. In the last round, the Polish team also lost with a similar score of 2:0. This match can be called the best ever for Argentina: the team succeeded in almost everything.

Unlike the Netherlands, who gloriously advanced to the quarter-finals, Argentina’s 1/8 final match against Australia was rather boring. However, Messi and his partners (this game was special for Leo: the thousandth at the official level) confidently overcame the resistance of the Australians and reached the quarterfinals.

Lionel Scaloni, Argentina coach

“I played for Deportivo when Van Gaal coached Barcelona. I’m proud of what he’s done for football. The Dutch national team is not as good as before, but the players of this team clearly understand what they are doing and what the coach wants from them. It will be a great match between two teams with a lot of history. We hope to go further.”

meeting history

The upcoming match will be the tenth anniversary for the opponents. So far the Orange side has a tangible advantage: four wins against one win for Argentina. The remaining matches ended in draws (regular time results are taken into account).

The last duel between opponents took place at the 2014 World Cup. Then the teams met in the semi-finals. Main and extra time ended in a 0-0 draw and the Argentines were stronger in the penalty shootout.

Conflict prediction

The game will certainly be challenging and principled, but more than two goals are unlikely to be scored in the match. If we talk about the general level of the teams, the Dutch national team is seen as a more “smooth” and more balanced team. The main strength of the Van Gaal team is a reliable defense led by van Dijk. Although the team’s attack with Depay and the opening of the Gakpo championship looks pretty good too.

But Argentina’s main weapon is, of course, Messi. The great Argentine led his team to the quarterfinals and he certainly won’t want to stop there. In fairness, the current Argentina national team should not be identified only with Leo: now there are not only enough “bullet carriers” in the team for the captain, but also those who can independently determine the fate of a division or match.

Generally speaking, the individual level of Argentine players is higher. In our opinion, it is this nuance that will tip the scales in favor of the South American champions.

We predict the victory of the Argentina national team with the minimum score.

Approximate compositions:

Holland: Noppert, Blind, van Dijk, Ake, Timber, Dumfries, F. de Jong, de Roon, Klassen, Depay, Gakpo

Argentina: Emiliano Martinez, Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Acuña, De Paul, Macalister, Fernandez, Papu Gomez, Messi, Lautaro Martinez.

Friday, December 9

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