Louis van Gaal took a couple of chances with his team selection for the Netherlands against Senegal, but it all worked out in the end.
The Netherlands leave it late against Senegal with Van Gaal’s substitutions proving decisiveThey got there in the end. It took two late goals to break the deadlock and deliver the Netherlands a first win of the tournament from a thorny-looking opening game against African champions Senegal, the win ultimately determined by some intelligent positioning and movement, and a goalkeeping performance which left something to be desired.
Ismaila Sarr was a disruptive presence on the Senegal left, a glimmer of the potential that the team has in attacking positions, but the Netherlands dominated possession in a half which was the first played in this tournament between what looked like two fairly well-matched sides. If anything, the biggest highlight of the second half prior to the deadline being broken was the stadium announcement that the attendance for this game had been 41,721, a figure not only 1,700 above the stadium capacity, but also one which looked slightly absurd when everybody could see – for the third game in a row – a growing number of empty seats around the place as the game progressed.
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