🚨 2026 World Cup: Netherlands edge past Lithuania after scare | OneFootball

Strange match.

This Sunday afternoon, the Netherlands traveled to Lithuania to play their fourth qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup.

A simple match on paper that turned into quite a trap for Memphis Depay's teammates, a double scorer and now the top scorer in the history of the national team!

While the Netherlands were leading 2-0 an hour into the game after the opening goal by the former OL and FC Barcelona striker and a second goal by Quinten Timber, Lithuania came back to equalize, with two goals scored in eight minutes. At halftime, the score was 2-2.

It took until the 65th minute for Ronald Koeman's men to take the lead again, thanks to Memphis's second goal.

Final score: Lithuania 2-3 Netherlands, the Oranjes are leaders of Group G with 10 points.

Standings:

1) Netherlands - 10 points (4 matches played)

2) Poland - 7 points (4 matches played)

3) Finland - 7 points (4 matches played)

4) Lithuania - 3 points (5 matches played)

5) Malta - 2 points (5 matches played)

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

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