In the 1974 World Cup, the most impressive team was the Dutch team led by Cruyff, and until now many people have lamented that they lost to the Federal Republic of Germany in the final. Just when people were expecting this team to make a comeback in the 1978 World Cup, this team has changed a lot.
The first is Cruyff's withdrawal from the Dutch international team, why Cruyff withdrew from the Dutch team, the reasons for this are various, some people say that Cruyff and the Dutch Football Association are full of contradictions, and some people say that Cruyff chose to quit the national team for the sake of his family. But for whatever reason, the absence of Cruyff has become an indisputable fact.
At the same time, the position of the Dutch manager has also changed, and Tsvat Kreus, who previously led the team through the qualifiers, has been relegated to assistant coach, and the new coach is Austrian coach Happel. The Austrian is not simple, the Dutch team's first Champions League was won by him in 1970 with Feyenoord's 2:1 victory over the Celtics, before becoming dutch manager, Happel had just led the First Division side to the Champions League runner-up in Bruges, and they only lost to Liverpool with Daglish. In addition to Cruyff's withdrawal, the players of the two major gangs of Ajax and Eindhoven in the Netherlands are full of contradictions, but this is not difficult for Haper, because he is a famous coach with an iron fist. Sure enough, Haper fired veteran Van Hanegen from the beginning of his tenure.
The Dutch are divided into Group D of this World Cup, and the same group of opponents are Iran, Peru and Scotland, and from the point of view of paper strength, it should be no difficult for the Dutch to qualify. In the first round, they welcomed the new Asian team Iran, and Rensemblink became the dominant figure in the game. In the 40th minute of the match, the Netherlands received a penalty, Rensemblinck scored the ball, and in the 62nd minute of the second half, Rensemblinck scored another goal to help the Netherlands take a 2-0 lead. In the 79th minute of the game, the Netherlands team won another penalty, Rensemblinck once again took the lead and scored a hat-trick, and the Netherlands won the opening 3-0.
In the other game, Peru welcomed Scotland, and although Scotland once led 1-0 with Joe Jordan's goal, the Peruvian equalized before half-time. The second half belonged to the performance of Peruvian star Kubilas, who won 3-1 thanks to his scoring.
In the second round, the two teams that won the first round met narrowly, and the two sides exchanged blanks 0:0. Scotland, on the other hand, drew 1-1 with their opponents with a oolong ball from the Iranians. At this point, the qualifying situation of this group has become very clear, as long as Peru and the Netherlands do not lose in the final round, they can advance together.
In the final round of the group stage, Peru took the lead by Velasquez in just 2 minutes of the opening, followed by Peru's two consecutive penalties in the 36-39 minutes of the match, Kubilas scored twice, although Iran pulled a goal back by Rosan in the 41st minute of the game, but with Kubilas scoring a hat-trick in the 79th minute of the second half, Peru won 4-1 against Iran, and the group qualified. On the other side, the Dutch team was in serious trouble, although In the 34th minute of the game, Rendsonblinck used a penalty to help the Netherlands take the lead. But Dalglish helped Scotland equalise in the 41st minute of the match, Germel scored twice in the second half to help Scotland lead 3-1, and in the 71st minute of the game, Repp pulled the score 2:3 for the Netherlands, which was maintained until the end. The Netherlands eventually advanced by a goal difference advantage.