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By Emma SandersBBC Sport astatine Al Thumama Stadium, Qatar
Last updated connected 8 minutes ago.From the conception World Cup
Cody Gakpo scored successful his archetypal lucifer astatine a World CupTwo precocious goals from the Netherlands sealed a important triumph successful their World Cup opener against Senegal successful Group A.
PSV Eindhoven guardant Cody Gakpo bushed Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy to the shot erstwhile it was chipped successful by Frenkie de Jong to motion the Dutch successful beforehand with six minutes remaining.
Substitute Davy Klaasen past pounced connected a rebound from Memphis Depay's changeable to adhd a 2nd heavy into stoppage-time to corroborate the success.
Gakpo whirled distant successful solemnisation successful beforehand of the Senegal fans down the extremity arsenic the Dutch supporters, unneurotic successful a oversea of orangish astatine the different extremity of the Al Thumama Stadium, roseate to their feet.
The Dutch supporters were already chanting their team's sanction arsenic they knew triumph was adjacent earlier Klaasen made definite with seconds remaining.
Senegal, who had threatened passim the match, came adjacent to equalising earlier Davy's extremity erstwhile Papa Gueye fired it towards the bottommost near country moments but Dutch goalkeeper Andries Noppert got his fingertips to it.
It was a lucifer which had teased a extremity for agelong periods but some sides lacked ruthlessness. Netherlands brag Louis van Gaal adjacent risked the fittingness of Depay to bring him connected arsenic a second-half substitute successful the anticipation of uncovering a mode through.
The hazard paid disconnected arsenic the Netherlands secured a captious 3 points successful a crippled galore judge could determine the winners of Group A.
They present beryllium joint-top successful the radical with Ecuador, who bushed hosts Qatar 2-0 connected Sunday evening.
Senegal, without injured cardinal guardant Sadio Mane during the competition, looked similar a broadside missing their main attacking menace but tin instrumentality assurance from the fig of times they troubled the Dutch defence.
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Senegal
Squad number16Player nameMendy
Squad number21Player nameSabaly
Squad number3Player nameKoulibaly- Squad number4Player nameCissé
- Squad number22Player nameDiallo
Squad number8Player nameKouyaté- Squad number6Player nameMendy
- Squad number15Player nameDiatta
Squad number5Player nameGueye
Squad number18Player nameSarr- Squad number9Player nameDia
- Squad number7Player nameJackson
- Squad number14Player nameJakobs
- Squad number20Player nameDieng
- Squad number26Player nameGueye
Netherlands
- Squad number23Player nameNoppert
Squad number3Player namede Ligt- Squad number4Player namevan Dijk
Squad number5Player nameAké
Squad number22Player nameDumfries
Squad number11Player nameBerghuis
Squad number21Player namede Jong
Squad number17Player nameBlind
Squad number8Player nameGakpo- Squad number18Player nameJanssen
- Squad number7Player nameBergwijn
Squad number10Player nameDepay
Squad number14Player nameKlaassen
Squad number15Player namede Roon
Squad number20Player nameKoopmeiners
Line-ups
Senegal
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 16Mendy
- 21Sabaly
- 3Koulibaly
- 4Cissé
- 22DialloSubstituted forJakobsat 62'minutes
- 8KouyatéSubstituted forGueyeat 73'minutes
- 6MendyBooked astatine 90mins
- 15DiattaSubstituted forJacksonat 74'minutes
- 5GueyeBooked astatine 90mins
- 18Sarr
- 9DiaSubstituted forDiengat 69'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Dieng
- 2Mendy
- 7Jackson
- 10N'Diaye
- 11Ciss
- 12Ballo-Touré
- 13Ndiaye
- 14Jakobs
- 17Sarr
- 19Diédhiou
- 20Dieng
- 23Gomis
- 24Name
- 25Loum
- 26Gueye
Netherlands
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 23Noppert
- 3de LigtBooked astatine 56mins
- 4van Dijk
- 5Aké
- 22Dumfries
- 11BerghuisSubstituted forKoopmeinersat 79'minutes
- 21de Jong
- 17Blind
- 8GakpoSubstituted forde Roonat 90+4'minutes
- 18JanssenSubstituted forDepayat 62'minutes
- 7BergwijnSubstituted forKlaassenat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Pasveer
- 2Timber
- 6de Vrij
- 9de Jong
- 10Depay
- 12Lang
- 13Bijlow
- 14Klaassen
- 15de Roon
- 16Malacia
- 19Weghorst
- 20Koopmeiners
- 24Taylor
- 25Simons
- 26Frimpong
Referee:Wilton Pereira Sampaio
Attendance:41,721
Live Text
Match ends, Senegal 0, Netherlands 2.
Second Half ends, Senegal 0, Netherlands 2.
Goal! Senegal 0, Netherlands 2. Davy Klaassen (Netherlands) near footed changeable from the centre of the container to the apical near corner.
Attempt saved. Memphis Depay (Netherlands) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the bottommost near corner. Assisted by Teun Koopmeiners with a headed pass.
Foul by Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands).
Ismail Jakobs (Senegal) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Idrissa Gueye (Senegal) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Davy Klaassen (Netherlands) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Idrissa Gueye (Senegal).
Offside, Netherlands. Teun Koopmeiners tries a done ball, but Denzel Dumfries is caught offside.
Nampalys Mendy (Senegal) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Davy Klaassen (Netherlands) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Nampalys Mendy (Senegal).
Substitution, Netherlands. Marten de Roon replaces Cody Gakpo.
Attempt missed. Bamba Dieng (Senegal) header from the centre of the container is excessively high. Assisted by Youssouf Sabaly with a cross.
Attempt missed. Ismail Jakobs (Senegal) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is excessively high.
Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Bamba Dieng (Senegal).
Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Nathan Aké.
Corner, Senegal. Conceded by Andries Noppert.
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