The Netherlands and Japan meet in Dallas, Texas on Sunday in what promises to be an absolute beauty to open up Group F. Ronald Koeman has the Dutch moving in the right direction as they reached the semifinals of the European Championships two years ago and have been extremely consistent.
How Eredivisie top scorer Ayase Ueda now has to help Japan plot Netherlands' FIFA World Cup downfall
Ayase Ueda has blossomed playing in the Dutch Eredivisie. He now has to hurt Netherlands' World Cup prospects.
Japan's World Cup hopes take a hit as captain Wataru Endo exits three days before kickoff against the Netherlands.
Cut straight to the action with the latest highlights from the FIFA World Cup 2026. Release date: 26 June 2026
"We never would have dreamt that, first of all, we'd get a World Cup here, and then your Dutch team plays here."
As the clock ticks down to the Netherlands' opening World Cup match, soccer fans are gripped once more by orange fever. Nowhere is the mood of euphoric optimism that descends on parts of this country every time its national team plays at a World Cup more glaringly obvious than on the Marktweg in The Hague,
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