The Dutch National Team Narrowly Avoided Embarrassment Against Lithuania in the World Cup Qualifier on Sunday thanks to Two Goals from Centurion Memphis Depay. Ronald Koeman’s team won 2-3 in Kaunas Against the Number 143 in the World Rankings.
Partly thanks to Memphis’s 51st International Goal, The Netherlands Tok A 0-2 Lead After Just over Half An Hour. As a result, The Striker Could Call himself the All-Time Top Scorer of Orange, but Halfway through No One Was Concerned with That Noymore.
Due to a Couple of Dramatic Minutes Before Half-Time, Lithuania was Able to Come Back to 2-2. A Disgrace Threateded, But Memphis was there again. He headed in a cross from denzel dumfries after more than an hour and that proved enough for the victory.
Thanks to the Difficult Victory, Oranje Remains on Course for Placement for Next Year’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. But the Game Against Lithuania Provides Little Support Heading Towards The Last Games in Qualifying Group G.
Sem Steijn Made His Debut for Oranje Half An Hour Before Time, which Barely survived in Kaunas in the Final Phase.
The First Half on Sunday Evening in Lithuania was one with two faces. It Soon Seemed to Be A Problem-Free Evening For The Dutch National Team, With Memphis’s Record Goal As The Highlight. In The Elevth Minute, The 31-Year-old Striked Tapped in a Cross From Cody Gakpo (0-1), Surfiling Robin van Persie (51 to 50 Goals) AS Oranje’s All-Time Top Scorer.
It was also the Evening of the First International Goal of Quinten Timber, Who was one of the five new players in Koeman’s line-up. After a pass from Donyell Malen, The Ball Came To The Feyenoord Player via A Lithuanian Defender, Who Scored in the 33rd minute (0-2).
Oranje Wanted More, But in the Last Quarter of An Hour Before Half-Time, Everything Suddenly Went Wrong. Jerdy Schouten was passed by Justas Lasickas, who found gvidas ginitis. With a shot in the far corner, ginitis then left goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen Without a Chance (1-2).
The Almost Sold-Out Dariaus and Girėnostadion was overjoyed with the goal of the number 7 in the Fifa Ranking. But to Their Own Surprise It Got Even Better. Edvinas Girdvainis Trumped Cody Gakpo in the Air in the 43rd Minute and Headed in A Free Kick (2-2).
Despite the Poor Minutes Before Half-Time, Koeman Decided not to substitute Halfway through. Hey hoped that the eleven would recover, but the pace was too slow to break lithuania. Two Shots from Gakpo Yielded Nothing.
Meanwhile, orange just had to be careful that things didnn’t get worse. Artur Dolznikov Got away on a counter, but Verbruggen was alert.
In the 63rd minute, Koeman Made Three Changes. Micky van de Ven, Jurriën Timber and Debutant Sem Steijn Came Into the Team and a Minute later It was 2-3. Memphis Headed in a Cross from Denzel Dumfries.
The 2-3 caused huge relief at orange. An embarrassment seemed to have leg prevention and it almost Became 2-4 via Gakpo. The Striker’s shot ended on the crossbar. A little later made though he had scored the fourth goal, but the goal was disallowed because he had committed a foul.
On the other hand, orange remained insecure in the back. In the Final Phase there were some dangerous Moments in Front of Verbruggen’s Goal, But The Equalizer Did Not Materialize. In This Way, The Netherlands Escapeed Painful Loss of Points and An Embarrassment Against One of the Weaker Football Countries in Europe.