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On June 16 2026 03:10 FlaShFTW wrote:Show nested quote +On June 15 2026 20:17 RvB wrote:On June 15 2026 18:39 sharkie wrote:On June 15 2026 12:39 RvB wrote:
Don't think the game was very good. Unnecessary draw for us. We were better most of the game and the first goal shouldn't have happened. Second goal from Japan was deserved though. Let ourselves be pushed back way too far. Funny. I'd say Netherlands were worse than Japan. :D So I guess it's a very well deserved draw haha. Game was very good though imo. It was a very hot time they played and they tried their best not to lose the game since they are both going for #1 and #2 in the group. Would have been stupid for either of them to go guns blazing We were better for 75% of the game. At some point we had 7 shots on target vs 2 for Japan with 70% ball possession. Stats don't tell you everything but they do tell you enough when it's that lopsided. After Koemans weird subs Japan was clearly better for a period of 15-20 minutes. That said, I agree with your conclusion that it's a deserved draw. We conceded the goals way too easily. You can't do that if you want to win the tournament. I don’t share your view that we were playing not to lose. We were playing to win. Japan's game plan was to defend and counter. We were just not capable of properly breaking the Japanese defense most of the time. Which is probably worse. On June 15 2026 17:41 Liquid`Drone wrote:
Kind of amazing how the Netherlands hasn't lost in 90 minutes since the infamous game vs Portugal in 2006. That is a crazy stat but to be fair we failed to qualify a few times in the 2010s. Your subs were pretty clearly playing to not lose after going up 2-1. Bringing on Ake for Gravenberch and going to a back 5 demonstrates that. Holy did Arne Slot mind control Spain? Looked like a Liverpool game, all possession and no teeth.
No need to drag Slot into it. Spain has that tendency in their worse games. And this looked WC 2014 levels of bad. Uninspired passing around, not enough movement, and no individual sparks of brilliance. They were obviously missing Lamine Yamal for most of the game, and when he came on, it was his first game in 2 months. They were also a bit unlucky to not have one of the many shots go in, which would presumably have opened the game up a bit. But yeah, Oyarzabal missed a million chances. Gavi and Torres were worse still and should have gone off at half time. Not sure what de la Fuente was thinking leaving them on so long.
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On June 16 2026 01:58 Acrofales wrote:Show nested quote +On June 15 2026 20:17 RvB wrote:On June 15 2026 18:39 sharkie wrote:On June 15 2026 12:39 RvB wrote:
Don't think the game was very good. Unnecessary draw for us. We were better most of the game and the first goal shouldn't have happened. Second goal from Japan was deserved though. Let ourselves be pushed back way too far. Funny. I'd say Netherlands were worse than Japan. :D So I guess it's a very well deserved draw haha. Game was very good though imo. It was a very hot time they played and they tried their best not to lose the game since they are both going for #1 and #2 in the group. Would have been stupid for either of them to go guns blazing We were better for 75% of the game. At some point we had 7 shots on target vs 2 for Japan with 70% ball possession. Stats don't tell you everything but they do tell you enough when it's that lopsided. After Koemans weird subs Japan was clearly better for a period of 15-20 minutes. That said, I agree with your conclusion that it's a deserved draw. We conceded the goals way too easily. You can't do that if you want to win the tournament. I don’t share your view that we were playing not to lose. We were playing to win. Japan's game plan was to defend and counter. We were just not capable of properly breaking the Japanese defense most of the time. Which is probably worse. On June 15 2026 17:41 Liquid`Drone wrote:
Kind of amazing how the Netherlands hasn't lost in 90 minutes since the infamous game vs Portugal in 2006. That is a crazy stat but to be fair we failed to qualify a few times in the 2010s. Just 2018, right? So that's 2010 (finals), 2014 (third place match), 2022 (quarter finals). That's quite a lot of games to not lose in 90 mins in, actually!
You're right. I included euro 2016.
On June 16 2026 03:10 FlaShFTW wrote:Show nested quote +On June 15 2026 20:17 RvB wrote:On June 15 2026 18:39 sharkie wrote:On June 15 2026 12:39 RvB wrote:
Don't think the game was very good. Unnecessary draw for us. We were better most of the game and the first goal shouldn't have happened. Second goal from Japan was deserved though. Let ourselves be pushed back way too far. Funny. I'd say Netherlands were worse than Japan. :D So I guess it's a very well deserved draw haha. Game was very good though imo. It was a very hot time they played and they tried their best not to lose the game since they are both going for #1 and #2 in the group. Would have been stupid for either of them to go guns blazing We were better for 75% of the game. At some point we had 7 shots on target vs 2 for Japan with 70% ball possession. Stats don't tell you everything but they do tell you enough when it's that lopsided. After Koemans weird subs Japan was clearly better for a period of 15-20 minutes. That said, I agree with your conclusion that it's a deserved draw. We conceded the goals way too easily. You can't do that if you want to win the tournament. I don’t share your view that we were playing not to lose. We were playing to win. Japan's game plan was to defend and counter. We were just not capable of properly breaking the Japanese defense most of the time. Which is probably worse. On June 15 2026 17:41 Liquid`Drone wrote:
Kind of amazing how the Netherlands hasn't lost in 90 minutes since the infamous game vs Portugal in 2006. That is a crazy stat but to be fair we failed to qualify a few times in the 2010s. Your subs were pretty clearly playing to not lose after going up 2-1. Bringing on Ake for Gravenberch and going to a back 5 demonstrates that. Holy did Arne Slot mind control Spain? Looked like a Liverpool game, all possession and no teeth.
As Drone says defending a lead isn't the same as playing not to lose.
Surprisingly fun game between New Zealand and Iran. Both clearly playing to win and scoring twice. First goal from NZ was sick.
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On June 16 2026 12:15 RvB wrote:Show nested quote +On June 16 2026 01:58 Acrofales wrote:On June 15 2026 20:17 RvB wrote:On June 15 2026 18:39 sharkie wrote:On June 15 2026 12:39 RvB wrote:
Don't think the game was very good. Unnecessary draw for us. We were better most of the game and the first goal shouldn't have happened. Second goal from Japan was deserved though. Let ourselves be pushed back way too far. Funny. I'd say Netherlands were worse than Japan. :D So I guess it's a very well deserved draw haha. Game was very good though imo. It was a very hot time they played and they tried their best not to lose the game since they are both going for #1 and #2 in the group. Would have been stupid for either of them to go guns blazing We were better for 75% of the game. At some point we had 7 shots on target vs 2 for Japan with 70% ball possession. Stats don't tell you everything but they do tell you enough when it's that lopsided. After Koemans weird subs Japan was clearly better for a period of 15-20 minutes. That said, I agree with your conclusion that it's a deserved draw. We conceded the goals way too easily. You can't do that if you want to win the tournament. I don’t share your view that we were playing not to lose. We were playing to win. Japan's game plan was to defend and counter. We were just not capable of properly breaking the Japanese defense most of the time. Which is probably worse. On June 15 2026 17:41 Liquid`Drone wrote:
Kind of amazing how the Netherlands hasn't lost in 90 minutes since the infamous game vs Portugal in 2006. That is a crazy stat but to be fair we failed to qualify a few times in the 2010s. Just 2018, right? So that's 2010 (finals), 2014 (third place match), 2022 (quarter finals). That's quite a lot of games to not lose in 90 mins in, actually! You're right. I included euro 2016. Show nested quote +On June 16 2026 03:10 FlaShFTW wrote:On June 15 2026 20:17 RvB wrote:On June 15 2026 18:39 sharkie wrote:On June 15 2026 12:39 RvB wrote:
Don't think the game was very good. Unnecessary draw for us. We were better most of the game and the first goal shouldn't have happened. Second goal from Japan was deserved though. Let ourselves be pushed back way too far. Funny. I'd say Netherlands were worse than Japan. :D So I guess it's a very well deserved draw haha. Game was very good though imo. It was a very hot time they played and they tried their best not to lose the game since they are both going for #1 and #2 in the group. Would have been stupid for either of them to go guns blazing We were better for 75% of the game. At some point we had 7 shots on target vs 2 for Japan with 70% ball possession. Stats don't tell you everything but they do tell you enough when it's that lopsided. After Koemans weird subs Japan was clearly better for a period of 15-20 minutes. That said, I agree with your conclusion that it's a deserved draw. We conceded the goals way too easily. You can't do that if you want to win the tournament. I don’t share your view that we were playing not to lose. We were playing to win. Japan's game plan was to defend and counter. We were just not capable of properly breaking the Japanese defense most of the time. Which is probably worse. On June 15 2026 17:41 Liquid`Drone wrote:
Kind of amazing how the Netherlands hasn't lost in 90 minutes since the infamous game vs Portugal in 2006. That is a crazy stat but to be fair we failed to qualify a few times in the 2010s. Your subs were pretty clearly playing to not lose after going up 2-1. Bringing on Ake for Gravenberch and going to a back 5 demonstrates that. Holy did Arne Slot mind control Spain? Looked like a Liverpool game, all possession and no teeth. As Drone says defending a lead isn't the same as playing not to lose. Surprisingly fun game between New Zealand and Iran. Both clearly playing to win and scoring twice. First goal from NZ was sick.
Christian Wood looked like a man amongst kids whenever he received the ball. Dude was on one.
This WC shaping up really well so far, very exciting matches thus far.
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The stadiums seem to be at least 90% full. The media coverage about dynamic pricing and hotels being empty led me to believe the games would be empty. But everything I have seen so far (around 5 games) looks great with a beautiful atmosphere in the arenas.
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On June 16 2026 19:37 Malinor wrote:
The stadiums seem to be at least 90% full. The media coverage about dynamic pricing and hotels being empty led me to believe the games would be empty. But everything I have seen so far (around 5 games) looks great with a beautiful atmosphere in the arenas.
I've seen varying reports about empty seats: Sometimes about 5000, sometimes 400. Depending on who is playing.
About 180.000 tickets were on the re-sale market a few days ago. Guess some of those have been sold for a discount
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On June 16 2026 20:19 Harris1st wrote:Show nested quote +On June 16 2026 19:37 Malinor wrote:
The stadiums seem to be at least 90% full. The media coverage about dynamic pricing and hotels being empty led me to believe the games would be empty. But everything I have seen so far (around 5 games) looks great with a beautiful atmosphere in the arenas. I've seen varying reports about empty seats: Sometimes about 5000, sometimes 400. Depending on who is playing. About 180.000 tickets were on the re-sale market a few days ago. Guess some of those have been sold for a discount
Yeah I'm gonna be looking on the market for cheap tickets for Netherlands vs Sweden hopefully.
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On June 16 2026 19:37 Malinor wrote:
The stadiums seem to be at least 90% full. The media coverage about dynamic pricing and hotels being empty led me to believe the games would be empty. But everything I have seen so far (around 5 games) looks great with a beautiful atmosphere in the arenas.
i just turned the tv on and unless this france senegal game has a lot of people still taking their half time break despite the second half already started, there is less than 90% capacity there for sure.
Seats have colours which makes it harder to tell but still, that lower section accross the field is mostly empty right now.....again i just turned on so not sure if it was better before the half time and people have yet to comeback but at 48mins it looks bad.
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Norway28812 Posts
Outrageous non-penalty. Fantastic pass before the goal.
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France12936 Posts
Mbappe gut, good start from France 
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