The Netherlands beat Qatar 2-0 and secured first place in the first group of the World Cup. Louis van Gaal’s team will face the second-placed team in the second group in the 1/8 finals.

Louis van Gaal’s team had a big phase in the 4th minute, but neither Klaassen nor Blind could get the ball into the net. Orani dominated the field and had another good chance in the 12th minute.

Van Gaal’s players stepped up better and kept the ball at their feet at all times. At the 26th minute, Depay found himself in the opponent’s zone, but the blow he took fell on the opponent’s hulls.

Shortly thereafter, the Netherlands scored a goal. After a beautiful ball exchange, Gakpo opened the scoring in favor of Louis van Gaal’s team with a beautiful shot.

The Qatari team began to gain yards on the field without threatening, however. The pace of the game dropped significantly in the last quarter of the first half.

Orani entered the second half in the best possible way. In the 49th minute, De Jong rebounded from Depay’s shot and doubled the goals of Louis van Gaal’s team.

Then the Qataris owned the ball. However, Gustavo Alfaro’s team failed to create phases.

In the 67th minute, Berghaus scored a goal into an empty net, but Gakpo did not count a goal with his hand at the beginning of the phase. Qatar continued in possession and threatened Aziz in the 79th minute, with Knoppert keeping a clean sheet soon after.

In the 90th minute, the Dutch goalkeeper blocked Kenter’s header. Two minutes later the Dutch were close to a third goal, but Berghaus’ shot hit the crossbar.

Netherlands (Van Haal): Knoppert, Timber, Van Dijk, Ake, Dumfries, De Roon (Kopminers 83), De Jong (Taylor 86), Pancake, Claassen (Berghaus 66), Depay (Janssen 66), Hakpo (Wegkhorst 83).

Qatar (Sanchez): Barsam, Mohamed (Kindir, 85), Miguel, Cookie, Hassan, Ahmed, Heidos (Mudari, 64), Madibo (Assad, 64), Hatem, Ali (Budiaf, 64), Aziz (Alaeddin, 85).