Netherlands, Senegal advance out of Group A after wins on final match day
AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly put his staff into the final 16 of the World Cup by volleying residence the winner in a 2-1 victory over Ecuador on Tuesday.
Koulibaly scored three minutes after Moises Caicedo had evened the rating at 1-1.
In a must-win match for the African champions, Senegal took the lead after a first-half penalty by Ismaila Sarr. Caicedo scored his objective within the 67th.
At 1-1, Ecuador would have superior from Group A and Senegal would have been eradicated.
The Netherlands beat Qatar 2-0 within the different match to win the group. Senegal completed second whereas Ecuador and Qatar have been eradicated.
Senegal final superior from the group stage on the 2002 World Cup, when the staff reached the quarterfinals in its match debut.
Netherlands 2, Qatar 0
AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) — The Netherlands completed off the worst displaying by any World Cup host nation by beating Qatar 2-0 on Tuesday.
The Dutch superior to the spherical of 16 by successful Group Some time the Qataris, who have been already eradicated, grew to become the primary host to lose all three of its group matches at soccer’s greatest occasion.
Cody Gakpo put the Netherlands forward halfway by way of the primary half together with his third objective in as many matches and Frenkie de Jong doubled the benefit 5 minutes into the second half.
The Netherlands is a three-time runner-up on the World Cup, and in addition completed third in 2014, whereas Qatar was making its match debut.
The Dutch didn’t qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
The Netherlands completed with seven factors on the prime of the group. Senegal, which beat Ecuador 2-1 within the different group sport, superior in second place with six factors. Ecuador was eradicated with 4 factors and Qatar ended with zero.
The attendance at Al Bayt Stadium, which additionally hosted Qatar’s loss to Ecuador within the match opener, was given as 66,784 — almost at full capability. There have been small pockets of orange-clad Netherlands supporters, and Qatar followers behind one of many targets who chanted in unison and jumped up and down.
At one level through the second half, Qatar followers held aloft a big Palestinian flag that mentioned “Free Palestine” on it.
In the twenty sixth minute, Gakpo took management exterior the realm, dribbled ahead and unleashed a robust side-footed shot between two defenders that entered inside the proper put up.
Gakpo grew to become the fourth Dutch participant to attain in three consecutive World Cup video games after Johan Neeskens (1974), Dennis Bergkamp (1994) and Wesley Sneijder (2010). He additionally grew to become solely the second participant to open the scoring for his staff 3 times in the identical group stage after Alessandro Altobelli for Italy in 1986.
De Jong’s objective got here when he sprinted ahead uncontested to knock in a rebound from shut vary following a shot from Memphis Depay.
A potential third objective for the Netherlands by Steven Berghuis was waved off following a video overview for a handball within the buildup.
Berghuis then hit the bar in added time.
While the Netherlands dominated the possession and created many extra possibilities, Qatar did push ahead every now and then and there was a nervy second for the Dutch when goalkeeper Andries Noppert had bother gathering a long-range shot from Ismael Mohamed after Gakpo’s objective.
TOP SCORER
Gakpo drew stage with France standout Kylian Mbappé and Ecuador veteran Enner Valencia atop the match scoring chart.
For membership and nation in all competitions this season, Gakpo has been concerned in 35 targets in 29 appearances with 17 targets scored and 18 assists.
That ought to make the 23-year-old PSV Eindhoven ahead the goal for an costly switch within the upcoming months.
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In the spherical of 16, the Netherlands will face the second-placed staff in Group B, which options England, Iran, the United States and Wales.
