This time around though, the Netherlands have played with a 4-3-3 again as van Gaal now has the players at his disposal.
Van Gaal will be assisted in his new role by Danny Blind - father of former Manchester United defender Daley Blind - who was also Netherlands manager between 2015 and 2017.
Formation and starting XI Van Gaal was last in charge of the national team back in 2014 when he coached the side to a third-place finish in the World Cup held in Brazil. There are good times but also things to improve.
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In 2021, the former Barcelona and Manchester United boss broke his hip when he fell off his bike. Goalscoring The Netherlands have scored 11 goals already in just three matches under Louis van Gaal and have had a total of 67 shots on goal in the meantime, which is a conversion rate of 16. He was also in charge at Bayern Munich from 2009-2011.
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The Netherlands have overloaded the right flank and Berghuis has managed to find Wijnaldum making a run in behind in the right halfspace. At times, in this phase of the attack, de Jong will drop into the backline to create a back three, giving license to the fullbacks to push forward on the flanks.
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I thought that should also be in the film. His appointment was one shrouded in controversy back at the end of September 2020 and many fans and pundits believed it was the wrong appointment. But despite his illness, the veteran coach has vowed that he will lead his country to the at the end of this year.
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He has also won league titles with Barcelona, Bayern Munich, AZ Alkmaar and Ajax, where he led the Dutch side to Champions League glory in 1995. In the last seven years since, the Netherlands have had seven coaches — Guus Hiddink, Danny Blind, Fred Grim acting , Dick Advocaat, Ronald Koeman, Dwight Lodeweges acting and De Boer — and failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He added: "In each period during my time as manager of the national team I had to leave in the night to go to the hospital without the players finding it out until now.
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