Louis van Gaal is the oldest coach of the 32 who appeared at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, so he already has enormous experience both in national teams and at club level. The 71-year-old coach is going through his third cycle at the helm of the Netherlands team after the periods of 2000-2002 (where he failed to qualify for the World Cup in Korea & Japan) and Brazil 2014 where the Orange he reached the semifinals of the tournament.
Throughout his World Cup career, he has directed 11 matches, of which he never suffered a defeat, both in regular time and in extra time. The only elimination of a Dutch team that he was in charge of was in the aforementioned semifinal match of Brazil 2014 against Argentina on penalties with a heroic performance by Sergio Romero. In all of his World Cup games, he has won 8 times and has drawn three times.
Their record in Brazil 2014 was 5-1 against Spain, 3-2 against Australia and 2-0 against Chile in the group stage, in the round of 16 they beat Mexico 2-1 while in the quarterfinals they drew 0-0 against Costa Rica but ended up going to the semifinals on penalties. In addition, he was left with the victory in the match in third and fourth place by beating Brazil 3-0.
While so far, in Qatar 2022, it has 3 victories (against Senegal, Qatar and the United States in the round of 16) and a draw (against Ecuador). Now, against Argentina, they will look for a new ticket to the semifinals of a World Cup with the aim of lifting the first World Cup for the Netherlands in their history.
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