The Netherlands, three times world runner-up, and the United States will play today in Qatar the first match of the round of 16 of the World Cup, the winner of which will have the winner of the tie between Argentina and Australia as rival in the quarterfinals. The match will be played from 12 (Argentina time) at the International Khalifa Stadium, in Doha, with the refereeing of the Brazilian Wilton Sampaio and the television of Public TV.
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Holland: Andries Noppert; Jurrien Timber, Virgil van Dijk, Nathan Ake, Daley Blind and Denzel Dumfries; Davy Klaassen, Teun Koopmeiners and Frenkie De Jong; Steven Bergwijn and Cody Gakpo. DT: Louis Van Gaal.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Matt Turner; Sergiño Dest, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson; Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams and Yunus Musah; Timothy Weah, Josh Sargent and Christian Pulisic. DT: Gregg Berhalter.
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil).
Stadium: International Khalifa, Doha.
Start time: 12.
TV: Public TV.
Holland and USA, two undefeated teams meeting in the first meeting
Louis van Gaal in his team’s last training session before the round of 16. Reuters photo.
The Netherlands reached this stage after finishing first in Group A after beating Senegal (2-0) and Qatar (2-0) and drawing with Ecuador (1-1).
The United States, on the other hand, are second in Group B drawing with Wales (1-1) and England (0-0) and beating Iran (1-0).
The USA had the best performance in their World Cup history reaching the quarterfinals of Korea-Japan 2022, when they were knocked out by Germany 1-0 and this time Gregg Berhalter’s side, in charge since 2018, are confident they can move forward
Source: Clarin
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