The head coach of the Netherlands national team Louis van Gaal summed up the results of yesterday's match with Argentina (2:2, pen. - 2:4) in the 1/4 finals of the 2022 World Cup.
“We practiced penalties for a whole year, and as a result, we still screwed up on this one. During the season, he constantly asked the guys to train penalties in their clubs with an eye on the 2022 World Cup, and they did it. But, unfortunately, this did not help us. If you didn’t convert the first two penalties, then it’s almost impossible to win after that.
By the way, the penalty awarded to our goal during the match seems doubtful to me. However, this is not an excuse - today we did not lose because of refereeing, ”Voetbal International quotes van Gaal as saying.