Due to Poland’s Late 1-1 Draw, The Dutch National Team Failed to take a Giant Leap Towards Next Year’s World Cup On Thursday. However, Oranje is Still on Track for Qualification, Partly Due to the Eight Goals Against Malta in June.
Head coach Ronald Koeman was not overy group after the match in De Kuip. “But if poland wins every now and we do the same, then poland-netherlands will be a dangerous match,” he stated.
Poland Against the Netherlands is the Penultimate Match for Both Countries in Group G on November 14, with only the number one direct -qualitying for the world cup. It is far from Certain that Both Poland and the Netherlands Will Win Everything Until then. Poland Still Plays at Home Against Finland (Number 69 in The Fifa Ranking) and Away Against Lithuania (143). Oranje Will Visit Lithuania on Sunday and then Play Away Against Malta (168) and at Home Against Finland.
With Only Polish and Dutch Wins, Oranje Will Start the Crunch Match in Warsaw Against Poland on November 14 With a Three-Point Lead. The poles can then come Equal on Points, But Oranje May Still Have a Trump Card: The Goal Difference.
Unlike the Qualification for a European Championship (Where Head-to-Head Results are More Important), Goal Difference is Decisive in the World Cup Qualification in the Event of An Equal Number of Points. And Due to the 8-0 Victory about Malta, Oranje Currently Has a Much Better Goal Difference Than Poland (+10 to +2).
For Oranje, it is Therefore Important Not Only to Win the Upcoming Matches, But also to Ensure That the Goal Difference Remains Much Better than that of Poland. In That Regard, The Netherlands Can Deliver a blow on Sunday by defeating Lithuania with Large Numbers.
“I am not going to talk about big scores now. But if possible, we want to score as many goals as possible,” Koeman looked ahead.
After the 1-1 Draw Against Poland, The Question is Who Should Score The Goals. Right Back Denzel Dumfries was the only Oranje Player Who Scored in De Kuip. Afterwards, Koeman Received Questions About Sem Steijn, The Eredivisie Top Scorer of Last Season, Who was Left Out of the Selection. The Match Selection May Consist of a maximum of 23 Players from UEFA, While Koeman Has Called Up 25 Players.
“Scoring is HIS Quality, he has efficiency,” Koeman Acknowledged, who did not want to say Whether he will include Steijn in the match selection Against Lithuania. “I already know if I will do that, but you will hear that later.”