The Netherlands relies on the "swan" in the face of America

• Seasoned Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal.

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The Dutch national football team is in a heated summit against its American counterpart, today, at Khalifa Stadium in Doha, in the opening of the final price of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

The official account of the Dutch national football team on Twitter commented on the confrontation with a “battle with the states,” referring to the difficult test that awaits the “mills” in their quest to go far in the tournament, and to end the jinx that accompanies them in it by losing three final matches by narrow margins in 1974. And 1978 and 2010.

The Netherlands relies on Louis van Gaal, nicknamed "the swan", because of his big mouth and thick palate, who leads the national team in his second term (2012-2014), specifically in the 2014 World Cup when he narrowly overcame Mexico 2-1 with a fatal goal by Clas-Jan Huntelaar from a kick. Penalty (90 + 4), then Costa Rica in the quarter-finals with a penalty shootout, which knocked them out of the semi-finals at the hands of Argentina, before winning host Brazil 3-0.

On the other hand, the United States, returning to the World Cup after its absence from the last edition in Russia, similar to the Netherlands, reached the quarter-finals only once in 2002, when its career ended at the hands of Germany, knowing that it played two matches in the group stage in 1930 in the version First before the semi-finals.

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