Tunisia vs Netherlands Highlights 🌎🏆 2026 FIFA World Cup

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AI GeneratedThe Netherlands secured a 3-1 victory over Tunisia in a match defined by Dutch possession and clinical finishing. While Tunisia attempted to remain compact and counter-attack, the Netherlands dominated the midfield and capitalized on defensive lapses to build an early lead, eventually sealing the win despite a late Tunisian goal.
Japan here's the starting lineup for Tunisia listed as the home side and Tunisia with four changes coming into this game
They have quality and they have pride so they will be determined to get a positive result out of this game the three center backs
It's on them to keep this team organized and produce a stingy defensive performance against a high quality Netherlands attack
Scary in the midfield will not only screen the back line, but he will be the one to mobilize the attack
But it's gonna come down to Hannibal up top getting him on the ball to generate
Chances in front of goal and as for Netherlands only one change for them
That means the emphasis is on winning this game and finishing top of the group
Tonight a lot of that starts in the midfield with Grabenbrek and de Jong
They have to get the balance right between mixing up their runs in the attack
Versus when they keep the game in front of them, but up top it is all about Gakpo and Broby
They're both off to a wonderful start in this tournament
So building on that form is going to be essential to them getting the result that they want to tonight
It's a good fan countdown. This is played all the way to the back initially to
rubber gun
the number one goalkeeper for the Netherlands
Limps of what I believe this majority of this game is going to look like
Tunisia's gonna sit back stay compact and then look for these moments in the wide areas to break out into the attack
They do get numbers for I've all played across that could have been a game's first goal
Okay
Go Manchester City van Dyck into the middle
De Jong
Got it, right and gets it right back Frankie de Jong drops it back
van hecka
Expect the Dutch to have a lot of possession this afternoon in Kansas City
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Picked up out of the box and then the cross comes over and there's the first goal for the Netherlands
It's gonna look like the majority of this game with the possession in favor of the Netherlands greatly and just trying to pin back
Tunisia, but this is why you want to play a first-time ball
And it does not allow them to get set Tunisia defensively and then it's just the last second a bit
lazy in that
Ability defensively to try to clear the lines just swings his foot at it that ball has enough pace on it
But that is why for Tunisia of when they're just gonna be compact sit back in these moments and when they're gonna try to go
in numbers quickly into the
into the attack
There's moving forward on the back heel. Very fancy there
The foul is given
Women's World Cup now men's World Cup as well
This free kick from about 23 or so yards away
Floated in headed down as a pass and now the Dutch have scored
third goal for Brian Bobby and the Netherlands have
The two
goalie
Was a dream start for the Netherlands just capitalizing on the chances that they've had but it's a lovely little clipped in ball to the
far post
but just look at the lack of marking if there's one thing if you're Tunisia and you want to come in you want to make
A statement and try to course-correct with the some of the results you've gotten in the first two games
Then it starts defensively. You have to get touch tight inside the 18-yard box
Everybody's loose Brody, especially his third of the tournament so far. Just an easy tap-in as that ball is played. It's back. It's doom freeze
Van Hecke who plays for Brighton
Out on the wing Dutch have four players in the box a deflected ball picked up blocks
Tunisia will try to move it out
Quickly here they come
as the Netherlands retreat
Play it into the box and it's just tackled away at the last moment Valerie put that good cross
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Give and go clear it out
Upside is outspurred
We'll go with the short corner not a decoy
Almost gave it right back
Valerie pings one in head it right a goal
Well, they are good on set pieces Tunisia to the right
But the Netherlands
Pitch the head that's gonna be knocked away settle there outside of the box now inside the run by rinders
It's gonna go out
Talby pressed by Gatpoe feared by dominant
Gatpoe got it back into the middle
Gravenberg fires it took a deflection. It's wide
It's out for a corner goes short as Deon goes over
He played outside of the box
driven high and wide
They're right back down into the turf
remember with that pass
Deong
central
Gravenberg Roby holds leaves it quick shot went wide
Corner again
Driven to the middle headed away
Picked up set in wide and headed towards this right side
rinders who took that corner setting it right back and right at goal
Long distance free kick coming up and I go short with it Gabri from distance fires it but that's well wide
To be tough to beat her proven from that distance
That's where Netherlands just have to stay focused don't give anything away keep possession really force new Tunisia to continue have to work defensively
Van Dyck from Van Heck up day on
towards the middle
Looping ball 10 of her doing phrase but shot taken stop
Be compact defensively don't give up any more goals that has to be the focus coming
Everyone's they want to rest some players get them ready for the round of 32
Which starts really in a few days the next round?
I'll look there to the middle of the run
melon
rinders
from distance
Another attempted goal is turned away, but that should give some Tunisia some confidence
Looks like it's gonna be in the back of the net for the third for Netherlands
There's a little vertical run from Romy look at the players that he attracts three defenders on him drives them all back opens up the
space underneath
And again, it looked like it was gonna be headed right to the top corner
But Tunisia does well to come in intervene make the block and those are the little things that they need
To go their way to start to
Chucking it
Gravenberg's pass is blocked
animal picks it up
Finally a break at the other end
animal leads the attack
For this joint and make it a fist from distance now into the box for a potential cross knocked out
from the far side of the stadium
Looking for their first goal of this game trailing by two into the middle
Tunisia has scored my story with his fifth international goal big one
On set pieces animals the one that starts it
He's at the heart of the attack that earns if this corner kick and then just look at must Tui
Even though he has players around him excellent header to that far post keeps it low
Doesn't need to get too much on it. Just redirected to keep it on frame
We're just past the hour mark
Considerably towards the end of the first half actually in here in the second
Your post
But done streak
Then heck I got the head to it
There are complaints about a foul, but this one we think will stand
And they've been probing they've been keeping possession
Earning a free kick, but that is an excellent near post run. All he has to do is redirect it to keep it on
So difficult actually looks like it's going to go down as an own goal
Because then heck and look how far
And how high he gets and just at the last second can see Tunisia's trying to make the play defensively
Then heck has passed up the middle
Hannibal
Outwide, it's opening up now
Let's play it slow down considerably
From distance. It's an easy stop there. That's looking for more
the
Over-the-top keeper came up. Let's play
Empty net shot the crossbar look like and then it's cleared back out
That's still putting the pressure on gack ball across
That's tonight as well
Well, they got the crowd going now as fast as it went across it came back across
Lovely idea though from
Riders here just the awareness to see that there's a little bit of miscommunication between the goalkeeper and defender who's coming out
Who's gonna make the play?
Sees it open just trying to loft it with the inside of his foot
So the money is one of those coming out
Kadira and Ben Hamida
That long throw and his play has resumed
Netherlands with a 3-1 lead. We've got all these subs sorted out for you
That's looking for one big save big spill Gakpo couldn't find it and now it's carried away
Work is up. So he'll be one of those coming out
That's coupe minors coming in
Reinders also out
And show us
Just give it up in the group stage
Who's still on time? What I'm sure a thousand looking down in the box, but does not get the call
Yeah, I look like a no a good no-call initially had just lost control of it
But that's the type of dynamism that you want to see in between the lines
Hannibal from distance fires that tip save a beauty by Verbruggen
Oh one of the first times JP that we've seen to get into these central areas
Not a bad effort
initially
From a shall we to be able to get on the half turn get faced up and just right there at the last second
ball gets poked loose and
He's down on the ground, but it looked like a good no-call. No one actually underneath it leaning back
It's out there's tannable in the wall
floated up
Headed to a goal, but wait that goal and Dominic makes it looks like
Four pairs on the yellow cards and those will be wiped out
After the group stage played in towards goal
It's swept away the last moment Dominic that looked like a bigger challenge than it first look like
in a push there
Go to cross by Talby
Hannibal
That is it
The Netherlands with a 3 to 1 win over Tunisia. It is time for us to go to another game in Dallas
We go to Japan Sweden Darren Fletcher Owen Hargreeves sudden Dallas Stadium
