One of the European countries that will be participating in the competition for the FIFA World Cup trophy, which will begin on November 21 in Qatar, is the Netherlands. The competition will be held in Qatar....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
They will compete in this tournament with the intention of achieving victory for the very first time since the competition began.
Regarding the draw for the group stage, the Netherlands were placed in group A along with Qatar, which will host the tournament, Senegal, and Ecuador.
As a result of the fact that Coach Louis Van Gaal possesses an extremely talented group of players, the purpose of this article is to speculate on the starting lineup that he might employ during the world cup.
The expected starting lineup has an attacking and pressing structure with a 4-2-2-2 line up; now, let’s have a look at who starts in each position;
GOALKEEPER
Tim Krul, Jasper Cillessen, and Maarten Stekelenburg are just a few of the names that have been mentioned as potential candidates for the goalkeeping position for the Netherlands.
When we base our statistics on the performance of each of the aforementioned goalkeepers and how the coach has been selecting them, the conclusion that we come to is that Valencia goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen has high chances of taking the goalkeeping role, and as a result, he could possibly start in the goal post.
DEFENDERS
This is yet another position that the Netherlands national team is looking to fill, and there are a lot of players who are interested in being considered for a spot on the first squad.
Denzel Dumfries, Jurrien Timber, Virgil van Dijk, Stefan de Vrij, Nathan Ake, Daley Blind, Tyrell Malacia, and many more are some of the names that are accessible to choose from among the alternatives.
The Ajax star Jurrien Timber, who plays right back, and his partner Daley Blind, who plays left back, are projected to be the defenders on the backline, according to our predicted lineup. The center back combines Juventus defender Mathjis De Ligt and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk.
MIDFIELD
It is possible that Frenkie de Jong and Ryan Gravenberch will take turns acting as the two central midfield partners for our team in the midfield. To round out the four-man midfield unit, Steven Berghuis and Arnaut Danjuma might play the positions of left attacking midfield and right attacking midfield, respectively.
FORWARD
And finally, the role of the striker might be filled by the newly signed striker for Ajax, Steven Bergwijn, or by Memphis Depay, who plays forward for FC Barcelona. These two players would make up the attacking duo.
SUBSTITUTES
Tim Krul
Denzel Dumfries
Tyrell Malacia
Owen Wijndal
Stefan de Vrij
Nathan Ake
Davy Klaasen
Giorginio Wijnaldum
Coady Gakpo.
PREDICTED LINE UP:
