Netherlands' knockout path mapped out if they finish second in group

Netherlands' knockout path set if group goes to seedings

Your team will play Monday, June 29 at 22:00 CET if they finish second in Group F (3). That is the slot for the runner-up. Win the group and the date shifts, but Koeman's side put five past Sweden and look sharp enough to top things. The group finale will settle it.

Elia: this Dutch side is missing a player like me

Eljero Elia watched the Sweden demolition and came away with one complaint. "Spain have it, we don't," he said, a winger who takes his man on and lifts the crowd (1). He pointed to Crysencio Summerville as the closest candidate but wants to see him actually do it in a knockout setting. "Someone who does something unexpected, makes people stand up."

Janmaat calls Dumfries the best in the world at his position

Daryl Janmaat did not hold back. "I don't know a better one," he said of Denzel Dumfries, ranking him above Achraf Hakimi and Jurriën Timber as a pure attacking right-back (4). Dumfries has been a driving force in this World Cup run and his former rival at the position is now his loudest supporter.

Van Dijk's daughter steals the show

A moment that had nothing to do with tactics. Virgil van Dijk's daughter was spotted in the stands during a World Cup match and former hockey internationals Ellen Hoog and Naomi van As were full of praise: "That looked superb" (2). The Dutch captain is having a tournament on the pitch, and his family is part of the story off it.