'American dream dies' - Reactions as Depay and Dumfries inspire Netherlands to knockout USA

'American dream dies' - Reactions as Depay and Dumfries inspire Netherlands to knockout USA

QATAR 2022 'American dream dies' - Reactions as Depay and Dumfries inspire Netherlands to knockout USA

Tosin Abayomi 17:59 - 03.12.2022

'Bring on Messi and Argentina' - Netherlands want revenge for semifinal defeat against Messi and Argentina after knocking out USA.

The Netherlands recorded a 3-1  victory against the United States of America (USA) 2022 FIFA World Cup round of 16 fixture played on Saturday, December 3, 2022.

In a battle of two undefeated teams, the Netherlands put on a clinic at the Al Rayyan Stadium to knock out the USA.

It took the Netherlands just 10 minutes to go in front as Memphis Depay converted a cross by Denzel Dumfries.

Just before the break, Blind converted a cross by Dumfries to out the Netherlands two goals up.

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The USA began to press forward in the second half and went ahead in the 76th minute when Haji Wright converted a cross by Christian Pulisic.

The Netherlands responded in the 81st minute when Dumfries converted a cross by Blind to wrap up the game.

The Netherlands held on for the win and progressed to the quarterfinals where they await the winners of the other round-of-16 fixture between Argentina and Australia.

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