“I have a score to settle with the Argentines.” Who says it is Louis van Gaal, the Dutch coach, who admitted in an interview with the television station ESPN that he had not yet surpassed the elimination at the 2014 World Cup, when he was eliminated in the semi-finals by Argentina in the penalty shootout. from. The 71-year-old coach admitted that “Messi is the most dangerous and creative player” in the South American team, but recalled that “he doesn’t play much when the opponent has the ball”. “That’s where our opportunities lie,” he supposed.
Van Gaal put his team at the top and even said he found the praise for Brazil strange, taking into account what the Netherlands has already shown. “I read that Brazil’s football was brilliant, but we did the same. They play the same kind of football as we do, with a compact defense and very quick transitions,” he said, even comparing Richarlison’s goal against South Korea to that of Memphis Depay. to the US. “Ours was even better. It was a team goal and that’s the most important thing in football,” he stressed, assuring that the Memphis goal was “the greatest moment of this World Cup”.
Taking into account the way his team feels, the Dutch coach guarantees that the goal is well defined: “We want to become world champions.”
Argentina awaits Friday’s game against the Netherlands, whose coach Lionel Scaloni received good news yesterday regarding the possible recovery of Ángel Di María, who was absent from the game against Australia due to injury. The Juventus winger has returned to training with his team-mates and there is hope he can make it through the game, unlike Papu Gómez, who suffered a sprained ankle in the round of 16 match.
Source: DN
