FIFA World Cup

Netherlands vs Qatar, 2022 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage

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Netherlands
  • 26': Cody Gakpo
  • 49': Frenkie de Jong
FT
2 - 0
Qatar

    Gakpo, De Jong help Netherlands top group with easy win over Qatar

    Cody Gakpo and Frenkie de Jong scored as the Netherlands beat hosts Qatar 2-0 on Tuesday to finish top of World Cup Group A.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Attempt missed. Memphis Depay (Netherlands) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk with a through ball.
    • 3': Offside, Netherlands. Virgil van Dijk tries a through ball, but Denzel Dumfries is caught offside.
    • 3': Attempt saved. Hassan Al Haydos (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 4': Attempt saved. Daley Blind (Netherlands) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 4': Attempt missed. Daley Blind (Netherlands) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the left.
    • 7': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Frenkie de Jong.
    • 8': Foul by Davy Klaassen (Netherlands).
    • 8': Homam Ahmed (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by Daley Blind (Netherlands).
    • 9': Ismaeel Mohammad (Qatar) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 11': Akram Afif (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands).
    • 13': Offside, Netherlands. Jurriën Timber tries a through ball, but Memphis Depay is caught offside.
    • 13': Foul by Abdelkarim Hassan (Qatar).
    • 13': Jurriën Timber (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Attempt blocked. Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Memphis Depay.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Memphis Depay (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Davy Klaassen.
    • 16': Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Hassan Al Haydos.
    • 16': Offside, Netherlands. Memphis Depay tries a through ball, but Cody Gakpo is caught offside.
    • 17': Foul by Memphis Depay (Netherlands).
    • 17': Pedro Miguel (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Abdelkarim Hassan.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Davy Klaassen (Netherlands) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cody Gakpo with a cross following a corner.
    • 19': Hand ball by Homam Ahmed (Qatar).
    • 21': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands).
    • 21': Homam Ahmed (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Jurriën Timber.
    • 24': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Abdelkarim Hassan (Qatar) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Akram Afif with a cross following a corner.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Memphis Depay (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Daley Blind.
    • 26': Goal! Netherlands 1, Qatar 0. Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Davy Klaassen.
    • 28': Foul by Jurriën Timber (Netherlands).
    • 28': Homam Ahmed (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Attempt saved. Ismaeel Mohammad (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 32': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands).
    • 32': Homam Ahmed (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 34': Foul by Marten de Roon (Netherlands).
    • 37': Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Foul by Homam Ahmed (Qatar).
    • 39': Foul by Assim Madibo (Qatar).
    • 39': Memphis Depay (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 40': Offside, Netherlands. Marten de Roon tries a through ball, but Cody Gakpo is caught offside.
    • 44': Foul by Abdulaziz Hatem (Qatar).
    • 44': Jurriën Timber (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Memphis Depay (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Davy Klaassen.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Netherlands 1, Qatar 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Netherlands 1, Qatar 0.
    • 46': Akram Afif (Qatar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 46': Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands).
    • 49': Attempt saved. Memphis Depay (Netherlands) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 49': Goal! Netherlands 2, Qatar 0. Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner.
    • 51': Hand ball by Hassan Al Haydos (Qatar).
    • 52': Foul by Nathan Aké (Netherlands).
    • 52': Ismaeel Mohammad (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Nathan Aké (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 55': Akram Afif (Qatar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 55': Foul by Jurriën Timber (Netherlands).
    • 57': Davy Klaassen (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Foul by Hassan Al Haydos (Qatar).
    • 61': Foul by Daley Blind (Netherlands).
    • 61': Ismaeel Mohammad (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Foul by Hassan Al Haydos (Qatar).
    • 62': Jurriën Timber (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Substitution, Qatar. Karim Boudiaf replaces Assim Madibo.
    • 64': Substitution, Qatar. Mohammed Muntari replaces Almoez Ali.
    • 64': Substitution, Qatar. Ali Asad replaces Hassan Al Haydos because of an injury.
    • 66': Substitution, Netherlands. Steven Berghuis replaces Davy Klaassen.
    • 66': Substitution, Netherlands. Vincent Janssen replaces Memphis Depay.
    • 67': Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Foul by Vincent Janssen (Netherlands).
    • 68': Hand ball by Cody Gakpo (Netherlands).
    • 68': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Steven Berghuis (Netherlands) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
    • 69': VAR Decision: No Goal Netherlands 2-0 Qatar.
    • 73': Foul by Jurriën Timber (Netherlands).
    • 73': Mohammed Muntari (Qatar) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 73': Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Boualem Khoukhi.
    • 74': Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Meshaal Barsham.
    • 77': Attempt saved. Abdulaziz Hatem (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohammed Muntari.
    • 82': Daley Blind (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Foul by Mohammed Muntari (Qatar).
    • 83': Substitution, Netherlands. Wout Weghorst replaces Cody Gakpo.
    • 83': Substitution, Netherlands. Teun Koopmeiners replaces Marten de Roon.
    • 85': Offside, Netherlands. Teun Koopmeiners tries a through ball, but Wout Weghorst is caught offside.
    • 85': Substitution, Qatar. Ahmed Alaa replaces Abdulaziz Hatem.
    • 85': Substitution, Qatar. Musaab Khidir replaces Ismaeel Mohammad.
    • 86': Substitution, Netherlands. Kenneth Taylor replaces Frenkie de Jong.
    • 87': Abdelkarim Hassan (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Foul by Wout Weghorst (Netherlands).
    • 88': Attempt missed. Pedro Miguel (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Akram Afif.
    • 89': Foul by Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands).
    • 89': Mohammed Muntari (Qatar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90': Akram Afif (Qatar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90': Foul by Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands).
    • 90'+2': Steven Berghuis (Netherlands) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Wout Weghorst.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Wout Weghorst (Netherlands).
    • 90'+4': Musaab Khidir (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Netherlands 2, Qatar 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Netherlands 2, Qatar 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Netherlands 2, Qatar 0.

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/qat.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originQAT NEDhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/ned.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    9 Fouls 19
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 5
    2 Corner Kicks 4
    2 Saves 3
    37 Possession 63
    5 SHOTS 13
    3 ON GOAL 4
    0.6 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    371 Accurate Passes 718
    452 Passes 783
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    4 Accurate Crosses 1
    14 Crosses 6
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    69 Long Balls 35
    35 Accurate Long Balls 26
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
    0 Blocked Shots 3
    7 Effective Tackles 6
    10 Tackles 16
    0.7 Tackle % 0.4
    12 Interceptions 10
    9 Effective Clearances 10
    9 Clearances 10

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup

    Venue: Al Bayt Stadium
    Location: Al Khor, Qatar
    Attendance: 66,784

    FIFA World Cup Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Netherlands 3 +4 7
    2 Senegal 3 +1 6
    3 Ecuador 3 +1 4
    4 Qatar 3 -6 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    NED Netherlands (3-4-1-2)

    No. Name
    23 Andries Noppert (GK)
    4 Virgil van Dijk
    5 Nathan Aké Yellow Card
    2 Jurriën Timber
    21 Frenkie de Jong
    15 Marten de Roon
    14 Davy Klaassen
    17 Daley Blind
    22 Denzel Dumfries
    10 Memphis Depay
    8 Cody Gakpo
    Netherlands Substitutes:
    Stefan de Vrij, Tyrell Malacia, Remko Pasveer, Noa Lang, Justin Bijlow, Xavi Simons, Kenneth Taylor, Jeremie Frimpong, Teun Koopmeiners, Wout Weghorst, Steven Berghuis, Matthijs de Ligt, Vincent Janssen, Steven Bergwijn, Luuk de Jong.

    QAT Qatar (5-3-2)

    No. Name
    22 Meshaal Barsham (GK)
    16 Boualem Khoukhi
    3 Abdelkarim Hassan
    2 Ró-Ró
    14 Homam Ahmed
    17 Ismail Mohamad
    23 Assim Madibo
    6 Abdulaziz Hatem
    10 Hassan Al-Haydos
    11 Akram Afif
    19 Almoez Ali
    Qatar Substitutes:
    Salem Al-Hajri, Tarek Salman, Mohammed Muntari, Naif Al Hadhrami, Khalid Muneer, Yousof Hassan, Ali Asad, Karim Boudiaf, Jassem Abdulsallam, Ahmed Alaaeldin, Musaab Khidir, Saad Al-Sheeb, Moustafa Tarek, Mohammed Waad.

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