Louis van Gaal’s gambles at each ends of the sector paid off for the Netherlands.
Up entrance, Memphis Depay returned from damage as a second-half substitute to assist spark the Dutch assault into life because the Netherlands scored two late targets to beat Senegal 2-0 on Monday on the World Cup.
With this win, the Netherlands took residence all three factors to high Group A.
Right here is how the Group A factors desk takes care of the opening sport –
| Place | Groups | Matches | Received | Drawn | Misplaced | GF | GA | GD | Factors |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Ecuador | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Senegal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
