Senegal vs. Netherlands, Highlights World Cup 2022, Match #2 Group A

Start in a world cup and do incredible things for it. That's his name for a second as the teams walk out onto this pitch. Both teams having to compensate for the absence of key figures a big part of the narrative. Yeah and if you didn't know now you know the line but also springs the wing play and if they're going to look to get after this Netherlands side starting with no The Dutch were absent in 2002 and 2018 the two occasions when the set a goal out there in the Y position wasn't a bad idea a little bit of risk about it because it was steered over there by Steven Berghuis and they didn't get away with it did they the Netherlands and the shot does come in here now Gakpoel and a good idea and I'll tell you what it wasn't just up from the back Gakpoel's coming Instant control there by Ismail Hassan on Watford and the championship in England and he has a go and it could have gone anywhere on the corner here and that's exactly it I mean as soon as he gets turned and faced up he just eliminates the defender with a little shift of the hips and that one was going to find the back Frenkie de Jong and oh it was just a head flick wide at the end could have gone anywhere Frenkie de Jong looking around him Bailey Blint off to the left but he goes the other way and it's now with Denzel Dumfries looking on the ground and the crisp shot here by Steven Berghuis he had eyes for Ismail Hassan waiting in the middle and it fared right across it's Ake high into the night sky he decides advantage over his marker Kobi Gakpoel and there is Virgil van Dijk well it worked that time in terms of the connection that was made as well this juncture and it's interesting Ismail Jacobs young player who grew up in Germany he's going to make his first World Cup appearance we'll get to that in a second but first the change and it's no great shock to see Jansa go off in order that this man Memphis Depay can come on Ake who got his head to it and now Frenkie de Jong showed too much of it to Noppanis Mendy that was a fine piece of play from him in midfield Theata is trying to disguise it almost and they look shot by Dia and he forces Nopper into urgent action making sure he was such a good unexpected turn here's the turnover Frenkie de Jong picked his pocket and now there's a lot of space you can gain that green good run behind the back shoulder of Ake but van Dijk does well you think to just put a cut off any angle that they can stretch the Netherlands here Ismail Hassan he's been quiet in the second half and intelligent ball there's Idrissa Gueye and Nopper put to work well they got away with that a little bit Senegal one of the few times when they have gone for that higher line Frenkie de Jong and there is the ball the Dutch breakthrough at last some surging runs the timing of his run is incredibly important there he is just glides in front of the last line and then cuts in and darts to get on the end of this one for de Jong it looked like the timing might have been off but he cuts it close enough and arrives just before Mendy who comes out for that teasing ball to see well orange zest in this game not so much they have been dogged in that moment by Gatpo earlier and here's Memphis Depay and pushed down and Klaassen is there and that will be the clincher Davy Klaassen to make it two for well the second half enriched by a distinct orange flavor situation potentially and you don't go to goal in the dying moments of a game when you're up one nothing unless it's a layup and Depay thought it was he took his man 1v1 had a go got the deflection up Mendy right into the path of the surging run the selfless run of Davy Klaassen just going in tandem and he gets the reward and puts this one away and Yosise and company have lost against the Netherlands the goals by Gatpo and then right at the end from Klaassen 2-0 to the Netherlands let's send it back to Kate Abdo