{"id":17995,"date":"2026-06-26T04:04:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17995"},"modified":"2026-06-26T04:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T04:04:42","slug":"world-cup-netherlands-rolls-over-tunisia-in-rain-to-win-group-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17995","title":{"rendered":"World Cup: Netherlands rolls over Tunisia in rain to win Group F"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By DAVE SKRETTA<\/strong> AP Sports Writer<\/p>\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 The lightning that streaked over Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night only\u00a0briefly slowed the Oranje Fanwalk,\u00a0as Dutch supporters marched en masse to watch the Netherlands play Tunisia in the World Cup, the top spot in Group F hanging in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing else seems to be slowing down the Dutch these days.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly not a Tunisian team in chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Brobbey scored his\u00a0third goal of the tournament, and the Netherlands got two more goals that deflected off Tunisian players and into their own net, sending the Dutch to a 3-1 victory and ultimately first place in their group.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17993\">World Cup: Japan, Sweden play to a draw as both reach knockout round<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands had begun the day tied at the top with Japan. But when the Samurai Blue only managed a 1-1 draw with Sweden in a game played simultaneously in Arlington, Texas, that left Virgil van Dijk and his teammates looking forward to a matchup with Group C runner-up Morocco on Monday in Monterrey, Mexico \u2013 and Japan with the heavy task of playing Brazil in the Round of 32.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the kind of games you want to play. These are the big games, why you want to play in the World Cup,\u201d Dutch defender Jan Paul van Hecke said. \u201cI think the team is prepared for a big game, and everyone knows it\u2019s game on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia,\u00a0which sacked its coach\u00a0after a loss to open the World Cup, had already been eliminated from the tournament.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The opening minutes Thursday night summed up the last couple of weeks for the Eagles of Carthage, too: Dutch defender Denzel Dumfries sent a ball across the front of the goal, Ellys Skhiri slapped at with his foot in an attempt to clear, and the Tunisian captain found the back of his own net instead.<\/p>\n<p>Brobbey made it 2-0 in the seventh minute,\u00a0after the Dutch had earned a free kick from about 25 yards. The 6-foot-5 van Dijk expertly headed it across the box, and Brobbey was in perfect position to chip the ball past Tunisian goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you can\u2019t defend,\u201d Tunisia coach Herv\u00e9 Renard said, \u201cyou can\u2019t do anything in football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia finally scored in the 54th minute, when Hazem Mastouri redirected a corner kick into the net, only for the Dutch to match the goal a few minutes later, when van Hecke\u2019s header off a corner glanced off Anis Slimane\u2019s head and into his own net.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe (scored) directly after,\u201d Brobbey said, \u201cso that was a good response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands controlled the game from there, even as a first-half drizzle turned into a second-half downpour.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17991\">All-CIF Southern Section girls lacrosse teams 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The threat of thunderstorms had persisted all the week, and lightning briefly forced fans to take cover before the game. But once they were given the all-clear, the Dutch fans clad in their highlighter-orange shirts poured down the aisles and into the home of the Kansas City Chiefs, making it look like deer hunting season had suddenly begun in the Midwest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat gives you a fantastic feeling,\u201d Dutch coach Ronald Koeman said, \u201cwhen you enter the stadium and see all that orange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands is certainly big-game hunting in this World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The nation of Johan Cruyff and Marco van Basten has long held the moniker of best never to have won the tournament. Three times the Dutch have advanced to the final and each time they have lost, most recently to Spain in extra time in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>They got off to a lackluster start this go-round, too, tying Japan 2-2 in their opener. But with two goals apiece from Brobby and Cody Gakpo, the Netherlands routed Sweden, 5-1, and now it has some serious momentum heading into the knockout stage.<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia seemed quite content just to finish a disastrous World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles of Carthage opened with a 5-1 loss to Sweden, which led to Coach Sabri Lamouchi\u2019s firing. Renard took over amid reports of tension and infighting within the team, and little seemed to have changed during a 4-0 loss to Japan last week.<\/p>\n<p>Tunisia has never reached the knockout rounds in seven trips to soccer\u2019s grandest stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a big tournament with very good teams, especially in this group. It was a very good group,\u201d Renard said. \u201cWe needed to be much stronger, and we weren\u2019t strong enough, so this is the conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17989\">Flag football standout Ava Irwin of JSerra transfers to Sierra Canyon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Brobbey scores his third goal of the tournament, and the Dutch get a pair of goals that deflect off Tunisia and into its own net in a 3-1 victory in Kansas City. 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