🏆👉 Here are Japan vs Croatia official starting lineups for the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 on Monday 5 December 2022 at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar at 18:00.
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇭🇷 Croatia: Martin Erlic (Sassuolo)
Marcelo Brozović (Inter)
Mario Pašalić (Atalanta)
Nikola Vlašić (Torino)
Good morning, my friends! Here are the front pages from the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport, Corriere dello Sport, and Tutto Sport, Sunday 4 December 2022
La Gazzetta dello Sport, Front Page, Sunday 4 December 2022.
Front Page, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Sunday 4 December
👉Messi from a thousand and one nights
Leo leader with goal and magic: Argentina into the quarter-finals with Australia scare.
They face super Dumfries’ Netherlands
Corriere dello Sport, Front Page, Sunday 4 December 2022 .
Front Page, Corriere dello Sport, Sunday 4 December 2022
👉 Leo Gratias
Argentina thank Messi again: on Friday the Netherlands in the quarter-finals
Australia beaten 2-1: the captain opens, then Alvarez on target
🏆👉 Netherlands won the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 defeating USA on Saturday 3 December 2022 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. The Netherlands took the lead in the first half with the double advantage with goals by Memphis Depay and Daley Blind. The USA reopened the match, with an almost fortuitous goal by Haji Wright primed by Christian Pulisic. Inter player Denzel Dumfries then sealed the game, the authentic protagonist of the match, having also provided two assists in the first half. The Netherlands, therefore, overcomes the USA obstacle and is the first team to access the quarterfinals, where they will find the winner between Argentina and Australia.
The Netherlands went unbeaten in all 11 World Cup matches under Louis van Gaal (W8 D3), keeping five clean sheets in the last seven, including the last three in the knockout stage. The only team in World Cup history to have kept four consecutive clean sheets in the knockout stages were Spain, when they lifted the trophy in 2010.
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇳🇱 Netherlands: Stefan de Vrij (Inter) listed as a substitute
Denzel Dumfries (Inter) played all 90 minutes, and was Player of the Match, with 2 assists and 1 goal in the 81st minute.
Marten de Roon (Atalanta) played until the 45th minute and was replaced by Steven Bergwijn
Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta) played from the 45th minute after replacing Davy Klaassen.
🇺🇸 United States: Weston McKennie (Juventus) played until the 67th minute and was replaced by Haji Wright
Sergino Dest (Milan) played until the 75th minute and was replaced by DeAndre Yedlin
The Netherlands opened the score in the 10th minute. Memphis Depay defeated USA goalkeeper with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Denzel Dumfries.
🏆👉🇳🇱 Netherlands 1 – 0 USA 🇺🇸, 10th minute, ⚽️ goal by Memphis Depay for @OnsOranje with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Denzel Dumfries. https://t.co/fIpH3cMrX7
Troubles for the USA. Netherlands increased the score before ending the first half. Daley Blind scored with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Denzel Dumfries.
🏆👉🇳🇱 Netherlands 2 – 0 USA 🇺🇸, 45+1 minute, ⚽️ goal by Daley Blind for @OnsOranje with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Denzel Dumfries. https://t.co/WPwo8UCbkE
USA shortened the distance in the 76th minute. Haji Wright defeated the Netherlands goalkeeper Andries Noppert with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Christian Pulisic.
🏆👉🇳🇱 Netherlands 2 – 1 USA 🇺🇸, 76th minute, ⚽️ goal by Haji Wright for @USMNT with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Christian Pulisic. https://t.co/DqKJqm0xbr
The Netherlands scored for the 3-1 in the 81st minute. Inter player Denzel Dumfries scored with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Daley Blind.
🏆👉🇳🇱 Netherlands 3 – 1 USA 🇺🇸, 81st minute, ⚽️ goal by Denzel Dumfries for @OnsOranje with a left-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Daley Blind. https://t.co/cBhWQukVry
✅ Stats before the game: All five of the Netherlands’ meetings with the United States have been in friendly matches: Netherlands won the first four between 1998 and 2010, while the United States prevailed in the most recent one, in 2015. The Netherlands are unbeaten in 19 World Cup matches against non-European nations (W13 D6), since a 3-2 defeat by Brazil in the 1994 quarter-finals. However, two of their six draws in that run have seen them eliminated after penalties (v Brazil in 1998 and v Argentina in 2014). The USA have not won any of their last 11 World Cup matches against European sides (D6 L5), since a 3-2 defeat of Portugal in 2002. Overall, they have won just three of their 23 World Cup games against European sides (D7, 13P), also beating Belgium in 1930 and England in 1950.
Photo via twitter.com/OnsOranje
🏆👉Lineup NETHERLANDS (3-4-1-2): Noppert; Timber, Van Dijk, Aké; Dumfries, F. De Jong, De Roon, Blind; Klaassen; Gakpo, Depay.
🏆👉Lineup USA (4-3-3): Turner; Dest, Zimmermann, Ream, Robinson; McKennie, Adams, Musah; Weah, Jesus Ferreira, Pulisic.
Photo via twitter.com/USMNT
📺 Click the video to watch the Netherlands 3 – 1 USA highlights including all goals on Saturday 3 December 2022
The Khalifa International Stadium ready for the Netherlands vs United States of America
🏆👉 Here are the Netherlands vs USA official starting lineups – formations for the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 on Saturday 3 December 2022 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar at 18:00 (local time).
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇳🇱 Netherlands: Stefan de Vrij (Inter), Denzel Dumfries (Inter), Marten de Roon (Atalanta), Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta).
🇺🇸 United States: Weston McKennie (Juventus), Sergino Dest (Milan)
🏆👉 Mission accomplished. Argentina needed to win the FIFA World Cup Group C against Poland, and they did, on Wednesday 30 November 2022 at the Ras Abu Aboud Stadium in Doha, Qatar. Argentina beat Poland 2-0 and access the knockout phase of Qatar 2022. The South American team, after a first half in which they dominated but missed a penalty kick with their Captain Lionel Messi. Argentina won thanks to the goals of Alexis Mac Allister and Julian Alvarez. Painless defeat for the team led by Czesław Michniewicz who reached the round of 16 thanks to the four points won previously and the best goal difference against Mexico, who won 2-1 against Saudi Arabia on the last day of the group stage.
Lionel Messi plays his 22nd World Cup match, overtaking Diego Maradona (21) as the most capped Argentine in the history of the competition.
Italian Serie A players called up in this game
🇵🇱 Poland: Wojciech Szczęsny (Juventus) played all 90 minutes and saved a penalty in the 39th minute denying Lionel Messi a goal
Łukasz Skorupski (Bologna) listed as a substitute
Kamil Glik (Benevento) played all 90 minutes
Bartosz Bereszyński (Sampdoria) played until the 72nd minute and was replaced by Artur Jedrzejczyk
Nicola Zalewski (Roma) listed as a substitute
Jakub Kiwior (Spezia) played all 90 minutes
Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) played all 90 minutes
Szymon Żurkowski (Fiorentina) listed as a substitute
Arzadiusz Milik (Juventus) listed as a substitute
Krzysztof Piątek (Salernitana) played from the 83rd minute after replacing Grzegorz Krychowiak
🇦🇷 Argentina: Leandro Paredes (Juventus) played from the 59th minute when replacing Ángel Di María
Angel Di Maria (Juventus) played until the 59th minutes and was replaced by Leandro Paredes
Lautaro Martinez (Inter) played from the 79th minute after replacing Julián Álvarez
Paulo Dybala (Roma) listed as a substitute
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Argentina opened the score in the 47th minute. Alexis Mac Allister defeated Poland goalkeeper with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nahuel Molina.
🏆 👉🇵🇱 Poland 0 – 1 Argentina 🇦🇷, 47th minute, ⚽️ goal by Alexis Mac Allister for @Argentina with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nahuel Molina. https://t.co/ViRNxgAlyu
In the 67th minute, Julián Álvarez scored for Argentina with a right-footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Enzo Fernández.
🏆 👉🇵🇱 Poland 0 – 2 Argentina 🇦🇷, 67th minute, ⚽️ goal by Julián Álvarez for @Argentina with a right-footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Enzo Fernández. https://t.co/qU2H3Y8UjV
By Anna Italia
Japan – Croatia 
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
