Saturday, 11.07.2026
Nederland boekte uiteindelijk een overtuigende 3-1-overwinning op Tunesië. Tegen een tegenstander die vrijwel de hele wedstrijd vanuit een laag 5-4-1 verdedigde, had Oranje voortdurend controle over het balbezit en het tempo. Toch kwamen ook in deze wedstrijd opnieuw enkele structurele kwetsbaarheden aan het licht. Tegen Tunesië bleven die grotendeels onbestraft, maar tegen sterkere tegenstanders kunnen ze een veel grotere rol gaan spelen.
Nederland deed tegen Zweden veel beter dan tegen Japan. Toch blijven er twijfels bestaan. Een analyse.
The United States women won their fourth World Cup title, defeating the Netherlands to defend their crown in Lyon.
Germany faced Sweden in the World Cup quarter final on Saturday evening. Coming into the game, the two-time champions had won every game without conceding despite their underlying numbers telling a different story.Sweden’s results were similarly impressive, failing to win just once, in a match against favourites USA.
A game of two states. Before the lone goal of the match, it was a tactically dynamic affair with several notable aspects surrounding possession behavior, team tactical mechanisms in transition, and high intensity defensive executions from both teams. After the French took the lead, the Belgians veered from their original focus in search of an equalizer. France were able to absorb Belgium’s attack and earn their spot in the World Cup Final.
France progressed onto the semifinals in a cagey affair with Uruguay, where both teams showed a focus stability where chances were few and far between.
Colombia took on England in the final last-sixteen match of this World Cup. Colombia were trying to reach a second World Cup quarter-final in a row, whilst England were attempting to win their first knockout match at the World Cup in twelve years.
In the heat of Samara, Brazil comfortably advanced to the quarterfinals as Mexico ran out of steam.
Two of the pre-tournament favourites met in Kazan for the first knockout game of the 2018 World Cup on Saturday afternoon. Lionel Messi’s Argentina had scraped through the group stages, whilst France strolled through their group in solid, but unspectacular fashion.
The final day of group stage action saw Colombia and Japan advance in Group H, with Colombia’s match against Senegal as the focus match. Elsewhere in Group G, Belgium and England scrapped over second place with heavily rotated teams.
