Their tournament
how their World Cup unfoldedNetherlands dominated their group with seven points and a healthy goal difference, only to suffer one of the tournament's crueller exits — Gakpo's 72nd-minute strike cancelled out by a Moroccan equaliser deep in stoppage time, before the Dutch lost the subsequent shootout 2-3. It was the worst kind of departure: a lead surrendered at the death, then the lottery of penalties delivering the final blow. A side that had looked like genuine contenders through the group stage goes home from the Round of 32, undone in the space of twenty minutes.
Results
Dijk 51′Summerville 64′Nakamura 57′Kamada 88′
Brobbey 5′Brobbey 17′Gakpo 47′Gakpo 54′Summerville 89′Elanga 59′
Mastouri 54′Skhiri 3′Brobbey 7′Hecke 62′
Gakpo 72′Diop 90+1′
Group F winners
Knocked out- R32Mon Jun 29 18:00PT
Group F standings
how the group finishedGroup F
Final| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 7 | Group winner | |
| 2 | 🇯🇵Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +4 | 5 | Runner-up | |
| 3 | 🇸🇪Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 4 | Best third | |
| 4 | 🇹🇳Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 0 | Out |
Squad
starting XI from Morocco at Netherlands in boldGoalkeepers
- 1Bart Verbruggen24
- 13Robin Roefs23
- 23Mark Flekken33
Defenders
- 4Virgil van Dijk35
- 5Nathan Aké31
- 6Jan Paul van Hecke26
- 15Micky van de Ven25
- 22Denzel Dumfries30
- 2Lutsharel Geertruida26
- 25Jorrel Hato20
Midfielders
- 8Ryan Gravenberch24
- 21Frenkie de Jong29
- 3Marten de Roon35
- 12Mats Wieffer26
- 14Tijjani Reijnders28
- 16Guus Til28
- 20Teun Koopmeiners28
- 26Quinten Timber25
Forwards
- 11Cody Gakpo27
- 19Brian Brobbey24
- 24Crysencio Summerville24
- 7Justin Kluivert27
- 9Wout Weghorst34
- 10Memphis Depay32
- 17Noa Lang27
- 18Donyell Malen27