Netherlands vs Ecuador

Netherlands vs Ecuador

Netherlands had been held to a 1-1 draw in opposition to Ecuador in their World Cup Group A conflict on Friday, eliminating hosts Qatar.

Louis van Gaal’s facet left it late to win their opener in opposition to Senegal they usually had been equally unimposing on Friday.

Cody Gakpo’s rocket strike in six minutes opened the scoring for the Netherlands, however, the facet had been unable to discover a second.

Ecuador thought that they had equalized on the stroke of half-time when winger Gonzalo Plata’s strike from the sting of the field was deflected in, however, celebrations had been rapidly muted when VAR dominated out the goal for offside.

The South American facet did discover a breakthrough ultimately, although when Enner Valencia slotted dwelling following a parry from Dutch goalkeeper Andries Noppert.

The outcome leaves Netherlands and Ecuador joint high of Group A on 4 factors, Senegal one level behind in third and hosts Qatar the primary workforce to be eradicated from the match.