On Saturday, June 20, in Houston, the Netherlands clearly beat Sweden 5:1 in a Group F match of the World Cup. Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo each scored two goals, and Ronald Koeman's team moved significantly closer to advancing among the tournament's best 32 teams. El Mundo ↗
The Dutch settled the matter early on. Brobbey opened the scoring after five minutes and added a second goal within the first 17 minutes. His performance stood out especially in one move, in which he kept a Swedish defender behind him, set up a teammate, and finished the attacking move after a long sprint. According to available information, the Dutch king and queen applauded his goal. Le Figaro ↗
After an unimpressive start to the tournament against Japan, the Netherlands looked more convincing against Sweden. Gakpo, a Liverpool player, added two more goals and joined the ranks of prominent Dutch names at world championships. Besides Brobbey and Gakpo, Summerville also got on the scoresheet. Sweden, which had previously won 5:1, this time conceded by the same score. idnes.cz ↗
The result put the Netherlands at the top of Group F and confirmed their return to contention for high goals at the championship. After such a heavy defeat, Sweden will need to improve if it wants to maintain a realistic chance of advancing. BBC News ↗
Netherlands beat Sweden 5:1, Brobbey and Gakpo each score twice
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Tornado fegt Schweden weg: Umstrittene FIFA-Regel bringt Niederlande 25 Minuten aus der Fassung
n-tv
| 22:59 20.06.
Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft: Niederländer lassen schwachen WM-Start vergessen
Die Zeit
| 21:23 20.06.
Gruppe F: Niederlande jetzt in WM-Form: Deutlicher Sieg gegen Schweden
Tagesspiegel
| 20:57 20.06.
Niederlande gegen Schweden: Fünf Tore gegen die Zweifler
Sueddeutsche Zeitung
| 21:16 20.06.
Niederlande fegen Schweden nach Traumstart mit 5:1 weg
Der Standard
| 21:15 20.06.
5-1-es győzelem után 5-1-es vereségbe szaladtak bele a svédek a vb-n
Telex
| 21:08 20.06.
Egy óra sem kellett a kiütéshez, Hollandia lemosta a pályáról a svéd válogatottat
Index.hu
| 20:58 20.06.
Oranje erobert Houston: Furiose Holländer putzen Schweden und sind quasi durch
n-tv
| 20:57 20.06.
Pays-Bas-Suède : les Oranje envoient un message, l’éclair Brobbey, Gyökeres fantomatique... Les tops et flops
Le Figaro
| 21:00 20.06.
Fastest World Cup to 100 goals in 68 years - are balls and breaks behind it?
BBC News
| 01:46 21.06.
Gakpo se viste de héroe y lidera la goleada a Suecia que hace reconocible a Países Bajos en este Mundial
El Mundo
| 21:24 20.06.
Ten gól měl všechno. Nizozemci chválí Brobbeyho, tleskal i král s královnou
idnes.cz
| 22:46 20.06.
Netherlands thrash Sweden to all but guarantee last 32 place
BBC News
| 21:36 20.06.
Ofenzívna explózia dominantného Holandska. Oranjes zničili Švédov piatimi gólmi
sport.pravda.sk
| 20:57 20.06.
Brobbey scores twice against Sweden
BBC News
| 19:57 20.06.
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