“We don’t have to entertain” Van Gaal happy to get closer to World Cup
The Netherlands managed to get a narrow win over Latvia as they lead Group G of the World Cup qualifiers.
The Netherlands defeated Latvia with a 1-0 result on Friday.
Davy Klaassen’s goal in the 19th minute was enough for the Oranje to win the game as they move ahead of Norway and Turkey in Group G of the World Cup qualifiers.
In a post-match interview, Louis van Gaal was asked about his side’s performance.
"We don't have to entertain the public here,"
the Netherlands boss told
NOS
.
"We have to make it to the World Cup, that's the goal.
"These are very difficult matches. Every long ball was a fight with that striker [Roberts Uldrikis] of theirs."
Van Gaal’s team are leading Group G with 16 points from their 7 games. Their closest rivals, Norway, were held to a 1-1 draw in their match against Turkey on Friday.
"It has become 0-1, but it could also have been 0-4, 1-6 or 2-1,"
he said.
"We did that ourselves. Frenkie de Jong's pass was too soft and Denzel Dumfries did not come to the ball. Everything went wrong there."
He added:
"We had 15 chances and they had four. We had 75 per cent of the ball. That is not surprising, because I had already expected this.
"You can say it’s not that great, but we won 1-0, and Turkey-Norway made it 1-1. We are one step closer to the World Cup."
The Oranje will face Gibraltar in their next World Cup qualifying game on Monday.
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