The Netherlands reaches the semi-finals of the World Cup. Johan Derksen predicts that on Sunday The the Dutch Winter. The 73-year-old analyst believes that Louis van Gaal’s selection has many more qualities than that of Argentina, the opponent in the quarterfinals. In addition, according to Derksen la Albiceste practically plays with ten men, as Lionel Messi hardly performs defensive work.
With a view to next Friday, the meeting with Argentina will be discussed The the Dutch Winter. Noa Vahle, reporter on the spot in Qatar, gets Valentijn Driessen in front of the camera, who shines his light on the opponent. “Argentina plays with ten men, eh. As far as that is concerned, it must be a piece of cake. I also saw Messi again yesterday (Saturday, against Australia, ed.). Except for those three or four moments, he really does nothing. It’s just a very poor team, which also has a lot of problems with the ball. The ball is Argentina’s worst enemy, and a very good player – Lisandro Martínez – is only allowed to come in now and then. So that coach also keeps not from playing football,” said the head of football The Telegraph.
Driessen’s prediction is therefore clear: “I do think that the Netherlands will pull the longest straw. There is more football in it than with those ten from Argentina.” When the image returns to the studio, Wilfred Genee is a little more pessimistic. “Now it will be a big disappointment if we go out on Friday,” says the presenter. Derksen puts him to rest: “You don’t have to count on that. The Netherlands is just much better than Argentina.”
“He (Driessen, ed.) Is right”, continues the moustache on it. “It is a poor team with a good goalkeeper.” Derksen has similar words to Driessen about star player Messi. “Grandpa with his ten players who can’t do much of it. It’s nice when he has the ball, but as soon as the Netherlands has the ball, Argentina plays with ten men. Because Messi does not participate when the opponent has the ball. He will come in handy in action when he gets it on a serving platter.”
Derksen therefore knows without naming abracadabra what the Netherlands has to do on Friday in the Lusail Stadium. “You have to shield the people who watch Messi. He must not get a ball,” said the analyst. In any case, Messi himself sees a tough job in the Netherlands, he said on Saturday. “They play very well, they are not going to make it easy for us. The World Cup was already tough, but now that we are in the quarterfinals it will be even more so.”