Norway and the Netherlands face off tonight with two of the most interesting individual duels of the day. The first, indirect, between Haaland and Memphis. The Borussia Dortmund forward has already scored six goals this season and Barcelona’s two. Both come from celebrating goals this past day and will be the offensive references of their respective teams. The second, direct, between the Norwegian himself and Van Dijk, who returns to the national team ten months after his ligament tear. Two of the best players in the world in their position face to face (follow the game live on As.com).
On the other hand, Van Gaal begins his third stage at the head of the national team. After the disappointing elimination in the second round of the European Championship, the memory of the great World Cup in Brazil under his orders makes the Dutch excited. In this debut it seems that Memphis will be able to tell after the doubts of the last days. On Monday he trained alone in the gym but yesterday he was able to do it with all his teammates with total normality.
NORWAY: Nyland; Ryerson, Gregerson, Ajer, Meling; Odegaard, Thorsby, Berge, Hauge; Sorloth and Haaland.
NETHERLANDS: Krul; De Vrij, Van Dijk, De Ligt; Dumfries, De Roon, De Jong, Wijnaldum, Blind; Weghorst; and Memphis.
REFEREE: S. Marciniak (Poland).
STADIUM: Ulleval Stadion, Oslo.
HOUR: 20:45.