Corinthians No 10 comes off bench in Dutch friendly defeat before Cup | OneFootball

The Netherlands national team took the field on Wednesday afternoon (3) at Feyenoord Stadium in Rotterdam to face Algeria in its penultimate friendly before the start of the 2026 World Cup, which will take place between June 11 and July 19, and was defeated 1-0. In the match, Corinthians forward Memphis Depay played 45 minutes, coming off the bench for the second half.

Coach Ronald Koeman sent out the following lineup to start the match: Verbruggen; Weiffer, Jan Paul van Hecke, Virgil Van Djik and Mick van de Ven; Ryan Gravenberch, Tijani Reijnders and Frenkie De Jong; Crysencio Summerville; Donyell Malen and Cody Gakpo. At the start of the second half, Memphis Depay came on in place of Ryan Gravenberch.

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According to Sofascore, a sports statistics app, the Dutchman posted the following numbers while he was on the field: two shots (one on target and one blocked), 19/23 accurate passes (83%), 1/1 accurate long balls (100%), 32 touches, seven carries, one defensive contribution, two ball recoveries, and /14 ground duels won. His rating on the app was 6.8.

Memphis Depay recently returned to action after more than two months recovering from a grade 2 muscle injury in his thigh, suffered in Corinthians’ 1-1 draw against Flamengo in Itaquera in the eighth round of the Brasileirão. The No. 10 returned to the pitch on May 24, in the 1-0 win over Atlético-MG at the Arena, in the 17th round of the Brazilian Championship. He played 29 minutes in the second half.

Against Platense-ARG, on May 27, in the sixth and final round of the Conmebol Libertadores group stage, he was on the field for 45 minutes before being substituted by coach Fernando Diniz at halftime. Before the World Cup, the Netherlands will still play one more friendly against Uzbekistan at 3:45 p.m. in New York, United States.

The Netherlands are in Group E and will make their debut in the competition on June 14 at 5 p.m. (Brasília time) at AT&R Stadium in Arlington. Six days later, they will face Sweden at 2 p.m. in Houston at NRG Stadium. The third and final round of the group stage will take place on June 25 at 8 p.m. in Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium.

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