The match of the Dutch team on Thursday-evening against Peru is of course only one thing: the farewell of record international Wesley Sneijder. Does the Utrecht judge get the farewell that he deserves?
Thursday evening the Dutch football public has the opportunity to say goodbye to Wesley Sneijder. The record international swings as international in its 134th international match. The midfielder made 31 goals in the service of the Dutch team and experienced all the highs and lows of the last 15 years.
He scored during his debut against Scotland, he excelled at the 2008 European Championships, he became top scorer of the World Cup in South Africa where we reached the final and reached the semifinal in Brazil. Then it went downhill. The Dutch did not manage to qualify twice for a final tournament and Sneijder lost his place. After his departure from Nice to Qatarese Al Gharrafa, his top sport career was actually over,
Sneijder is the director of his own farewell. He previously said that he would greatly appreciate being given an official farewell match and that is what happened now. He starts in the base and will play for about an hour. After that, he will be replaced by a player who will go to his familiar position more often in the coming years. Whether this will be Donny van de Beek, Davy Pröpper, Davy Klaassen, Marco van Ginkel, Guus Til, Frenkie de Jong or Ruud Vormer.
Peru:
Peru plays its first international match after a disappointing world championship in Russia. In a group with France, Denmark and Australia, the South-Americans had counted on the next round, but Ricardo Gareca’s team already stranded in the group stage.
The first match was decisive for Peru. In a direct game with Denmark, 0-1 was lost. In the first half, Christian Cueva missed a penalty. The second game was not surprisingly lost against France, but in the third match Peru was the victim of an unadulterated salon remise. As Denmark and France played 0-0 in the last match in a game dragon, France won the group and Denmark finished second.
Peru continues on the same road. Even old players like Paolo Guerrero and Jefferson Farfan are still available for the national team. Guerrero leaves only against the Netherlands because he recently completed a transfer. Feyenoords Renato Tapia is still injured.
PREDICTION: Under 2.5 goals @ 1.74
