Netherlands secured their place in the last-eight for the 7th time in FIFA World Cup history after beating USA 3-1.
First-half goals from Memphis Depay & Daley Blind put the Dutch in command. And even though Haji Wright pulled one back for #USA in an unorthodox manner, Denzel Dumfries sealed the result with a well-placed finish in the 81st minute.
Enjoy the highlights and tell us your favourite moment from the first round of 16 clash.
First-half goals from Memphis Depay & Daley Blind put the Dutch in command. And even though Haji Wright pulled one back for #USA in an unorthodox manner, Denzel Dumfries sealed the result with a well-placed finish in the 81st minute.
Enjoy the highlights and tell us your favourite moment from the first round of 16 clash.
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00:00Well, there's no doubt they will be brave. Will they be good enough?
00:04No second chances now.
00:07After a uniquely thrilling group stage, the 2022 FIFA World Cup
00:11moves into the phase where traditionally the greatest drama lies.
00:16One, four, three, two, one!
00:23The USA in white, the Dutch in bright orange,
00:27but yet to dazzle at the World Cup finals.
00:35Here is Dest.
00:37Trying to work a crossing position, which he has.
00:42And Adam is trying to keep it alive. Pulisic is in!
00:46And the giant not bad makes the save.
00:49All around were wondering whether an offside flag would go up.
00:52Yeah.
00:53Give them a relatively safe option, but they've found a way out.
00:58This is Gapbo.
01:00Now Dumfries.
01:02Klassen bursting in there.
01:03But a chance, which is beautifully taken.
01:09Well, how ill fit he is.
01:11Memphis Depay, always capable of making an impact.
01:14His 43rd goal for his country, and it's one of the most crucial.
01:20It certainly is.
01:21And there you see Denzel Dumfries high up the field
01:24provide that inch-perfect cross for Memphis
01:28to not just blast it, to not just put his head down,
01:32but to hit it hard and firm and true
01:34and wrap his right foot around it, keeping it down,
01:37making sure that he tucks that beautifully in the corner.
01:40Klassen finds Dumfries.
01:50Managed to stay on the side.
01:52Oh!
01:54Well, it's wing-back to wing-back.
01:57Daley Blind sweeps it home.
02:01And the Dutch inside to the quarter-finals, and he might.
02:05Well, he's running to the bench in jubilation.
02:08Daley Blind, I wondered if he was offside.
02:12He got in there far too easily.
02:15Watch, look at the...
02:16You can see him there.
02:17It's going to be close, that.
02:19It will be close, but...
02:21What is guaranteed is that it's a very, very good ball back.
02:25And another sweet control finish on Daley Blind's weak side.
02:30Sometimes on your weaker side, you don't try and be too ambitious.
02:33You just make sure you get a big connection on it.
02:36He does exactly that.
02:37He wants to have a save.
02:40There's no doubt about that.
02:43Might as well hit it.
02:44And Depay is there.
02:45Great double save from Turner.
02:47An offside flag up anyway, I think, against Depay.
02:50As we just see this chance where Memphis might have been marginally shoulder there, just offside.
03:01Pulisic, this is promising.
03:03And the ball is dangerous, it is.
03:07Well, Haji Wright was in there on the near post.
03:13And it's game on.
03:14And this one, right there, cuts that orange back line in half.
03:20And then Pulisic's just got to find someone.
03:23Who cares?
03:25It's in the back of the net.
03:26The young, now to blend.
03:30Four in the area for the Dutch.
03:32Oh, and in.
03:34And Dumfries has done it.
03:37Wide player on the field tonight, Denzel Dumfries.
03:40Look at him, top right of the screen.
03:42Anthony Robinson's a bit on his heels.
03:44He's tired looking, not really checking his shoulder.
03:47Still doesn't check his shoulder.
03:50And then it's just a case of whether or not Denzel Dumfries has got the quality to tuck that away.
03:57Well, the American dream dies.
03:59The Dutch move on.
04:01Clinical again.
04:04It finishes in the Califre International Stadium.
04:07The Netherlands 3, the United States of America 1.
04:14The Netherlands 3, the United States of America 1.