With about a month to go before the start of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, 32 participating teams have successively announced their candidate lists for the World Cup finals, and the 26 players from each team will eventually participate in the World Cup, including the Dutch team, which is popular among Chinese fans, has a total of 39 players on the shortlist. The Netherlands are favourites to qualify from the group at the World Cup in Qatar, with hosts Qatar, African powerhouse Senegal and South American side Ecuador.
The Dutch team has always been a strong team in world football, and there have been famous superstars in history such as Cruyfff, Neskens, van Basten, Rijkaard, Gullit, Koeman, De Boer, Bergkamp, Seedorf, Kluivert, Davis, van Nistelroy, van Persie, Robben, Sneijder, Stam and other superstars familiar to fans, which are deeply loved by fans. But the Dutch team has never won a World Cup other than Euro 1988. Among them, he reached the World Cup finals three times in 1974, 1978 and 2010, but lost to Germany, Argentina and Spain respectively, and failed to win the World Cup, so he is also called the "uncrowned king" of world football by fans.
The Dutch team has always been known for producing strikers, and more than half of the aforementioned Dutch football superstars are forwards, but after van Persie retired, the Dutch team suddenly fell into a situation of forward discontinuity, and in recent years has relied on Depay to support the front. However, the east is not bright and the west is bright, although the forward position lacks a superstar, but on the back line, the Dutch team is now full of talent, not only has Van Dijk, known as the "world's first defender", but also the world's top central defenders such as De Licht, De Fry, Acker, Timbel, and Botman.
The current head coach of the Dutch team is 71-year-old coach Louis van Gaal, who has not only coached the world's top clubs such as Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, but also coached the Dutch national team three times, and is a veritable "godfather" coach of the Dutch team. It is particularly worth mentioning that when Van Gaal was in charge of Barcelona, he not only discovered stars such as Xavi and Iniesta, but also single-handedly brought his assistant and translator Jose Mourinho to the road of coaching and grew into a world-class manager.
In addition, Van Gaal is also suffering from prostate cancer, has undergone more than 20 chemotherapy treatments, and still sticks to the position of head coach of the Dutch national team, and it is difficult to explain this for any other reason than love. However, for physical reasons, Van Gaal should resign as Dutch coach regardless of the Netherlands' World Cup record.
Under Louis van Gaal, the Dutch team shared the same group as Turkey, Norway, Montenegro, Latvia and Gibraltar in the European World Cup qualifiers, and finally finished top of the group with 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat to qualify directly for the World Cup finals.
The Netherlands are currently ranked 8th in the World Cup, the highest of the four teams in Group A, but due to Qatar's host country, the Netherlands are not seeded in this group, but there is no doubt that the Netherlands is the strongest team in the group, as well as the most popular and promising team.
In the Dutch team announced the list includes 5 goalkeepers, 14 defenders, 9 midfielders, 11 forwards, because the main formation of the Dutch team is 3412, so the probability of 26 players will include 3-4 goalkeepers, 10-11 defenders (3 central defenders plus 2 wingbacks), 5-6 midfielders, 6-7 forwards.
Without injuries or other major reasons, the 26-man roster is sure to be included in the following players. Goalkeepers: Sillesen (Nejmegen), Fleken (Freiburg), Pasfield (Ajax), these three have rotated in recent Dutch matches, and it is impossible to determine who can be the starting goalkeeper of the Dutch team before the World Cup, so Van Gaal is likely to take all three to Qatar.
Defenders: Van Dijk (Liverpool), De Licht (Bayern Munich), Ake (Manchester City), Timbel (Ajax), Dumfries (Inter), Blind (Ajax), Malaysia (Manchester United), Flimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), four centre-backs and four wing-backs, with Van Dijk and De Licht unshakable as the main players, Ake and Timbel needing to compete for a third main centre-back position, with the young Timbel dominating. Dumfries and Blind are the main players on the Dutch wing, with Malaysia and Flimpeng as the main substitutes, with Flimpong likely to be the Netherlands' secret weapon.
Midfielders: De Jong (Barcelona), Klaassen (Ajax), Kupmenas (Atalanta). De Jong is the undoubted heart of the Dutch midfield and, following Wijnaldum's injury exit, Klaassen and Kupmenas will compete for De Jong's partnership spot.
Forwards: Memphis Depay (Barcelona), Gakpo (PSV Eindhoven), Berwin (Ajax), the main positions of these three players are unshakable, Danjuma (Villarreal) and Mullen (Dortmund) will be the main substitutes up front.
In addition to the above 19 players, the 39-man roster includes two goalkeepers, Birlo (Feyenoord) and Norbert (Heerenveen), seven defenders from De Fry (Inter Milan), Barker (Bayer Leverkusen), Botmann (Newcastle), Struik (Leeds United), Timber (Ajax), van der Ve (Wolfsburg) and Lensch (Ajax), Hrafenberg (Bayern Munich), Krasi (Alkmaar), De Jongen (Atalanta), Thiel (PSV Eindhoven), Xavi Simmons (PSV Eindhoven) and Kenneth Taylor (Ajax) have six midfielders and five forwards are Noah Lang (Brugge), Brobey (Ajax), Vincent Janssen (Antwerp), Luc De Jong (PSV Eindhoven) and Weghorst (Besiktas). These 20 players will compete for the final 7 spots.
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