So far in this tournament, Holland's performance is one of the most solid teams, the front, center and back three lines have shown the standard, and Holland basically did not meet too much trouble to their opponents along the way, and the team's overall consumption is also very low.
On the forward line, Holland mainly relies on striker Depay, at present, as long as he is on the field, the pressure on the opponent's defense is very strong, and his condition is also in a good period, and young Gakpo is very eye-catching, and at present, he is emerging, and several times of the shots on goal are very beautiful, and he has already scored 3 goals, and he is the top goal scorer of the Dutch team.
The two wings of Holland are Blind and Dumfries so far, and both of them have scored goals. Dumfries, as expected before the match, has become the most powerful right channel of Holland, and almost always forces the opponent's defense to mess up when he rushes up, while Blind has been stable in the defensive end so far, and the performance of these two sides are quite good.
F.de jong is the immovable center of the Dutch midfield formation, as long as the middle of the field is sorted out by him, it will be very smooth when advancing forward, especially when he receives a pass from the defender to advance the section will be very smooth, and his partners have already appeared in the de Roon, Koopmeiners, and Bergfuis, based on the situation of the third group stage and the last sixteen games, the best situation is when F.de jong is paired up with de Roon. In the third match of the group stage and in the last 16, F.de Jong was at his best when paired with de Roon, while in front of him was Klaassen, who was good at penetrating the field and gave a lot of support to the front line.
In the defense, the three main defenders are confirmed after a few games, Van Dijk, Aké and J.Timber are very solid at the back, and the most prominent player is Aké, who has shown a high degree of mobility in this World Cup, constantly moving on the side and delivering the ball to Blind and F.de jong, and many times he cleared the ball with his speed in the back to defense, and his performance was very outstanding in the game against the United States. He was outstanding against the USA, making it difficult for the opposing team to create offense from his side of the field.
Overall Holland's front, center and backline have been playing well, with the starting 11 playing in these games, while Senegal, who they've run into so far.
Ecuador
The Netherlands will face Argentina for the first time, a South American powerhouse. Whether or not this team can pass the real test will depend on this matchup.
Argentina has been struggling a little bit. Originally, Argentina had scored a lot of points in the South American preliminaries and had been undefeated for 36 matches, but once they entered the World Cup, they lost the first match to Saudi Arabia, who was regarded as an underdog, and in the following matches, they relied on Messi's first goal twice to force the opponents to unlock their defense before they were able to win the game. However, overall, the whole team was not as strong as they had been in the South American preliminaries, and Argentina is still searching for the best form.
Lautaro Martinez was originally going to be the main striker, but he was offside several times in the first game, and then he couldn't get out of shape, and was taken back to the bench in the third game of the group stage, and didn't start in the round of sixteen, so Argentina is now using him as a substitute, and the starting lineup is made up of Messi, Alvarez, and PapuGomez. Messi played as a striker but held the ball back a bit, allowing Alvarez to penetrate into the penalty area, and this style of play allowed them to survive the next few games, while DiMaria seemed to have a decline in form, with fewer exciting breakthroughs, and was replaced by PapuGomez in the Round of 16.
There were also changes in the midfield, the original combination of De Paul and Paredes in the first game was not good, Guido Rodriguez in the second game also made some mistakes in the game, until the third game when we started the young Enzo Fernandez, and Mac Allister moved into the midfield, so that the center of the ball control stabilized, and the midfield had a trio of defenders. With three men in the center of the field, De Paul had a relatively easy time, and was able to support the side and move forward. The second goal against Australia was scored by Alvarez because De Paul pressed the keeper all the way to the goal, causing him to make a mistake.
Argentina in the back line is now using the left back Acuña and right back Molina, the left Acuña is more important, he will enter the midfield after the start of the game, because he is quite strong, so he can pressure in the midfield, to help Mac Allister forward, the right side is relying on the bottom of the pressure of the Molina, otherwise it is difficult to create an effective side attack to the original winger, this is a problem for Argentina! This is one of Argentina's problems, if the side can not pull the opponent's defensive zone, then the opponent will focus on the defense of the middle, resulting in a blockage of the middle, fortunately Messi in Mexico and Australia are forced to break the line of defense to score, otherwise Argentina is now faced with opponents of dense defense seems to be a headache.
