Valentijn Driessen: ‘Successful World Cup requires more than a calling card for the Dutch team against Sweden’

It may have been too strong to say that things had gone wrong for the Dutch team after the unnecessary misstep in the World Cup opening match against Japan. However, there were at least a lot of rumblings in the days before Sweden because there was a completely different Dutch team. The result was a 5-1 victory and, with Tunisia as the last group opponent, a place in the second round of the World Cup that could hardly be avoided.

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