Soccer-Dutch name preliminary World Cup squad list
AMSTERDAM : Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal on Friday sprung some surprises as he named a 39-man preliminary squad for the World Cup in Qatar next month.
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Napoli 4-2 Ajax: Serie A side hit four past Dutch champions to make it through to knockout stages of Champions League
Napoli made it four successive Champions League victories as they overcame Ajax 4-2 at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, securing their qualification for the knockout stages. Goals from Hirving Lozano, Giacomo Raspadori, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen were enough to give Luciano Spaletti's side all three points as they remain top of Group A with two matches to play, while Davy Klaassen and Steven Bergwijn netted what would prove to be consolations for Ajax.
Best team goal: Netherlands ‘revive Total Football’ with brilliant Nations League goal
Johan Cruyff is one of the greatest football players to ever grace the pitch, revolutionising the game with Ajax and the Dutch National Team, before taking the style to Barcelona where he enjoyed a fruitful spell as a player.
Van Gaal trims Netherlands squad as he shows World Cup hand
AMSTERDAM: Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal on Friday (Sep 16) cut his squad down to 25 for this month’s Nations League games against Poland and Belgium as he gave a strong indication of the players he will take to the World Cup.
Van Gaal trims squad as he shows World Cup hand
AMSTERDAM : Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal on Friday cut his squad down to 25 for this month’s Nations League games against Poland and Belgium as he gave a strong indication of the players he will take to the World Cup.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst: Rangers cannot compete with Champions League’s best
Giovanni van Bronckhorst admitted that Rangers cannot compete with the top teams in the Champions League following the 4-0 hammering by Ajax.
Champions League: Liverpool Trounced By Napoli As Robert Lewandowski Hits Barcelona Hat-trick
Last season's beaten finalists Liverpool got their Champions League campaign off to a disastrous start in a 4-1 defeat away to Napoli on Wednesday, while Robert Lewandowski hit a hat-trick in a big win for Barcelona. Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich also got their campaigns underway with victories, but Rangers were crushed 4-0 by Ajax in the Netherlands on their return to the group phase of Europe's elite club competition.
Champions League: Napoli trounce Liverpool; Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur off to winning starts
Liverpool got their Champions League campaign off to a disastrous start in a 4-1 defeat away to Napoli on Wednesday, while Robert Lewandowski hit a hat-trick in a big win for Barcelona. Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich also got their campaigns underway with victories, but Rangers were crushed 4-0 by Ajax in the Netherlands on their return to the group phase of Europe's elite club competition. Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool have won just two of their first six Premier League games this season and there was to be no improvement on their trip to Italy as Napoli raced into an early lead and never looked back. Piotr Zielinski converted a fifth-minute penalty, and Victor Osimhen then had a second Napoli spot-kick saved by Alisson Becker. Yet Napoli -- who had defeated Liverpool in their own stadium in the group stage in 2018 and in 2019 -- were 3-0 up at the break as Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa's fine finish was followed by a tap-in from substitute Giovanni Simeone.