On December 9, 2022, interesting statistics before the 2022 World Cup round of the last 8 teams, the 2nd match between Netherlands national team with Argentina national team The competition starts at 2:00 AM Thailand time. Which both have met 9 times in all competitions and is the “Orange Knight” who wins more with 4 wins, 2 draws, and “Blue White” wins 3
If counting only the meetings in the final 5 World Cups, Argentina and the Netherlands have a close performance as follows
1. 1974 World Cup (Group Stage, Round 2, Group A, first leg) The Netherlands beat Argentina 4-0.
2. World Cup 1978 (Finals) Argentina beat the Netherlands 3-1 in extra time.
3. World Cup 1998 (Quarter of 8) Netherlands beat Argentina 2-1.
4. 2006 World Cup (final group stage, Group C) draw 0-0
5. World Cup 2014 (semi-finals) Argentina beat Netherlands 4-2 on penalties (0-0 after 120 minutes).
however Lionel Messi Argentina national team captain to be decided with Louis van Gaal Netherlands national team coach again After both were on the field of the 2014 World Cup semi-final, Messi took charge of the first penalty for “White Blue” without missing before shooting all 4 of them.
As for Van Gaal, it was the disappointment that time. Because there is a team Two of the ‘Orange Knights’ who missed shots were Ron Flare and Dirk Kuyt. Year 2021, which is unbeaten in the past 19 matches (14 wins, 5 draws)
However, if one team is the loser in this game It could be the end of Messi’s World Cup, which was announced to be the last World Cup in his life. After playing for the fifth time in Qatar, Van Gaal has confirmed that he will retire after the end.World Cup 2022 The latter revealed that he had prostate cancer in April, with Ronald Koeman taking over.
