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Van Gaal hails effort of players and bemoans penalty misses

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LUSAIL, Qatar : Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal hailed the efforts of his squad in fighting back from two goals down to force their World Cup quarter-final against Argentina into a penalty shootout even though their ultimate exit proved to be painful.The Dutch staged a dramatic comeback with two late goals to level their match 2-2 after the 90 minutes and take the last-eight encounter at the Lusail Stadium into extra time, where the scoreline stayed the same until the final whistle.But they squandered their first two penalties and went on to lose the shootout 4-3.“I had asked the players to train penalties at their club and they did that.

It was a fantastic achievement to come back from 0-2 down to 2-2 but then to lose on penalties is tough," he said.“I can’t blame myself, I think, we prepared everything.

My players fought to the end and they are dead in the changing room. “They gave everything and I’m really proud, we didn’t lose in 20 matches,” Van Gaal said of his record in his third spell as Dutch coach after taking over in September last year.

He now leaves at the end of his contract.“In the shootout we missed the first two penalties and that put pressure on the rest of the penalty takers.

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