Because of his imposing body, Brian Brobbey’s nickname during his Ajax days was The Beast. And against Sweden (5-1), the new number nine of the Dutch team, who scored twice in just over fifteen minutes, was extremely important. The Sunderland striker turned out to be the missing piece of the puzzle in Ronald Koeman’s team, who at least achieved his goals in terms of score after his admittedly poorly turned out substitutions against Japan.

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