The Netherlands are back

[Mountain Climber]

You'll probably think it's pedantic, but it's the Netherlands now, not Holland.

Holland is two provinces in the Netherlands, not the whole country.

They ditched Holland in English years ago.

Thanks for clarifying that I did wonder why they’ve been referring to them as Netherlands so much now

 

[Jedi boro]

Not been a classic has it

 

[atypical_boro]

No, the Dutch used to use Holland in English too, but completely phased it out at official levels in 2019.

Dutch government ditches Holland to rebrand as the Netherlands

As part of new strategy, the Netherlands will be official name at Eurovision in May

www.google.com

Fair enough, I think it was technically always wrong but obviously they used to just tolerate it.

 

[Jammyd]

Empty seats, weird atmosphere and terrible game.

 

[atypical_boro]

Not been a classic has it

not at all. its awful!

 

[Priv]

De Ligt and De Jong don’t look like they’ve lived up to anywhere near the hype that was around then a few years ago.
Both sides lack any cutting edge, Senegal unlucky that was probably taken away by injury.

De ligt spent 3 years as a back up at Juventus, really strange decision to go there and really set his career back.

De Jong wasn’t ready for his barca move at that stage either. The pair of them should go stayed at Ajax another 1 or 2 years.

 

[BobUpnDown]

Really disjointed & poor game, both teams..

Goal.. out of nowhere

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

How you say - pish poor. Nil nil would've been the right score.

 

[TeaCider]

Actually feel bad for the Senegalese that they're losing, this match deserves 0-0.

 

[Diego]

Was a lovely cross from De Jong for the goal and great run from Gakpo

 

[Priv]

I think Id rather play Holland then Senegal in R16 on this evidence.

I wouldn’t, they always seem to beat us

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

Attendance given as 1700 above capacity.

That includes the construction workers under the pitch.

 

[Jedi boro]

Yay “the wave breaker” is on

 

[Normanby_Red]

Actually feel bad for the Senegalese that they're losing, this match deserves 0-0.

I still think they'll pick up comfortable wins against Ecuador and Qatar. Most would've backed a Holland win here. I for one took them to win all three group stage games but unfortunate for Senegal to concede so late on. Would've liked to see Senegal take a point off them like.

 

[Fat_Dragon]

Mendy at fault for both goals. Had a shocker.

 

[TheBoroBuzzard]

Is that the same Mendy who plays for Chelsea? Absolutely shocking

 

[TeaCider]

If England win the group, you'd expect it to be Senegal that we play in the round of 16 now.

If not them, Ecuador.

 

[Glover_elbow]

Sengal Vs Qatar looks a game for the purists

 

[Priv]

I still think they'll pick up comfortable wins against Ecuador and Qatar. Most would've backed a Holland win here. I for one took them to win all three group stage games but unfortunate for Senegal to concede so late on. Would've liked to see Senegal take a point off them like.

Not sure about Ecuador being comfortable, they really miss Mane and might struggle against them, wouldn’t surprise me if Ecuador got a point or even won. Should still beat Qatar though.

 

[Colgates_shaving_foam]

There's some absolute dross at this world cup.

And that's not even thinking of Iran.