It looks very much like De Boer is sticking with the 5-3-2 system that he introduced just a few weeks ago. The Dutch have been synonymous with 4-3-3 for a long time but it hadn’t been working for them recently so the manager plumped for a change: he’ll probably be castigated for that if the doesn’t pay off but it’s a move that makes sense.

Dutch manager Frank De Boer has made a couple of interesting calls: 19-year-old Jurrien Timber is drafted into central defence to replace the injured Mattijs De Ligt, while Patrick van Aanholt is selected at left-back instead of Owen Wijndal.

Netherlands: Stekelenburg; Dumfries, Timber, De Vrij, Blind, Van Aanholt; F. De Jong, De Roon, Wijnaldum; Depay, Weghorst

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