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Hello, really do you do and invited to live, minute-by-minute sum of Netherlands v Japan successful Texas. This is 1 of nan astir enticing games of nan group stage, a cruiserweight title betwixt 2 teams who are desperate to break caller crushed astatine nan World Cup.
The Netherlands are astir apt nan champion squad ne'er to triumph nan World Cup and decidedly nan only squad to suffer 3 finals without winning one. Japan are surely nan champion squad ne'er to scope nan quarter-finals.
They look successful bully style to correct that peculiar wrong. Since completing their qualification run a twelvemonth ago, Japan won person 9 of their 12 games, including first ever victories complete Brazil and England. Now they’re hunting a first triumph complete nan Netherlands.
If Japan are nan hipster’s prime astatine this World Cup, past nan Netherlands proceed to spell nether nan radar. The squad doesn’t person nan aforesaid stardust arsenic much celebrated Dutch teams, but their caller grounds is strong. They mislaid to nan eventual winners Argentina successful nan quarter-final of nan past World Cup and went toe-to-toe pinch England earlier losing a melodramatic Euro 2024 semi-final.
This is simply a tricky group, which besides includes Sweden and Tunisia, truthful a tie coming would beryllium a decent consequence for Netherlands and Japan. Let’s dream they’re not reasoning that way.
Kick disconnected 3pm local/4pm EDT/9pm BST.
