Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal is not pleased with Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal in Sunday’s Nations League win, however he thinks his staff is properly ready for the World Cup in November.
The Dutch beat their neighbors 1–0 on the Amsterdam Arena to make sure a high spot of their group and a berth in subsequent June’s finals match, however their extra quick goal is the worldwide showpiece match in Qatar.
“I think we will do better in the World Cup,” Van Gaal advised a information convention.
“We weren’t very good against Belgium, although without possession I thought we did well.”
He admitted that Belgium had a greater sport.
“It had to do with the form of the day and the quality of the opponent. Belgium are second in the world rankings for a reason. And it’s unbelievable that we’ve beaten them twice.”
The Netherlands additionally received 4–1 in Brussels in June, six factors away from the highest of their Nations League group.
Van Gaal is now on his method to a second World Cup, taking the Dutch to 3rd in Brazil eight years in the past.
“I think we’re going to be a tough opponent to go against. We showed that if we played out we could be harder to break through by playing more compactly,” he stated.
“I’ve extra high quality in protection and midfield now. That’s once we had extra distinguishing qualities in entrance of Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben. But I had a younger boy at occasions, with Van Persie being injured for some time. His identify was Memphis Depay.”
Deppe didn’t play along with his Barcelona teammate Frankie de Jong towards Belgium when the Dutch beat Poland 2-0 on Thursday, however Van Gaal stated he was preserving room for each.
“I expect my players to play at a certain level at their club,” he stated, including that he had principally made up his thoughts about his 26-man squad for Qatar.
The Dutch are in Group A within the World Cup closing towards Senegal beginning on 21 November earlier than taking part in Ecuador and Qatar.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
