Netherlands head coach Ronald Koeman praised his facet’s show after a 2-1 win over Norway in a World Cup warm-up match in Amsterdam, though captain Virgil van Dijk needs his workforce to carry out higher.
The Dutch recovered from an early setback to safe the win, with Van Dijk and Tijjani Reijnders on the scoresheet after Andreas Schjelderup had given Norway the lead.
Talking after the match, Koeman was inspired by the general efficiency towards sturdy opposition.
“This was merely an excellent match from us towards a really sturdy nation,” he mentioned.
“It’s considerably sometimes Dutch to suppose that if you play Norway, it’s a must to beat them. That’s not the case. Within the qualifiers, they beat Italy twice.
“Norway additionally had good phases towards us, however trying on the whole match, I believe we deserved to win.”
The Netherlands had been with out a number of first-team regulars however nonetheless managed to manage giant elements of the competition, significantly after the interval.
Van Dijk, nonetheless, steered there’s nonetheless enchancment wanted forward of the World Cup, which can happen throughout Canada, Mexico and america.
“There’s nonetheless work to be accomplished. In spells it went properly, however at different instances much less so,” he mentioned.
“I assumed we had been higher within the second half, partly as a result of they had been a bit extra drained. Finally, we had sufficient probabilities to attain extra objectives. Defensively, we had been additionally strong. We gained deservedly and now we transfer on.”
The Dutch proceed their preparations with upcoming fixtures towards Ecuador and Algeria, as Koeman finalises his squad forward of the event, the place they may face Japan, Tunisia and both Poland or Sweden within the group stage.
