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Netherlands take Saturday Bulgaria Vasil Levski Stadium for the fifth round of the World Cup qualifiers. The Dutch team is engaged in a fierce battle with France and Sweden and can afford so no point loss. Although Bulgaria beat Luxembourg and Belarus, but will need a stunt against the Dutch if they want to stay in the race.
Bulgaria :
There is a clear separation in Group A of qualifying. From the outset it is clear that France, the Netherlands and Sweden compete for the first two places and Bulgaria, Luxembourg and Belarus – roughly speaking – join in for bacon and beans. The power difference is indeed enormous. Bulgaria has emerged as ‘best of the rest’ by Luxembourg (4-3) and defeating Belarus but against France (4-1) and Sweden (3-0), the Bulgarians managed to break any pots. Nevertheless, the gap with second place just a point, leaving the team Petar Hubchev still playing.
Dimitar Berbatov was for years the sign of the Bulgarian national football team, but now wrong national team in dire straits. “Today it is much more difficult for Bulgarian players to get a foothold in the top clubs. No one plays in the Premier League, one in the Bundesliga and one in La Liga. In Italy two games there, but they are fighting against relegation. The quality is hard deteriorated over the last decade, “notes former Twente goalie Nikolay Mihaylov.
Mihaylov is Saturday perhaps in the base, now Vladimir Stoyanovi is injured. Ludogorets goalkeeper ran earlier this week to a knee injury. Hubchev also has Georgi Kitanov and Nikolay Krastev on hand, but they have yet to make their international debut. Svetoslav Dyakov and Geogri Milanov also missing because of injuries. Milanov got injured in training and has been returned to CSKA Moscow.
Probable lineup Bulgaria
Mihaylov; S. Popov, Aleksandrov, Bozhikov, Zanev; Chochev, Kirilov, Slavchev, Tonev; I. Popov; Delev
Netherlands :
Orange Saturday can not afford a loss point and with that in mind, it’s nice that the big names fit. Star player Arjen Robben has missed no match for Bayern Munich in 2017 because of injury and Wesley Sneijder can simply start Saturday. The 126-time international hit a month ago injured in a game against Besiktas. “I slipped over the ball and ended up in a quandary. That must have worked hard and I fit in here, “Sneijder said of his injury. The experiment with Sneijder as a left winger did not work out at Luxembourg. “I want it as close as possible to play on the strikers, I’m at my best.”
Robben and Sneijder may then be present, in the back there are problems. Jeffrey Bruma and Virgil van Dijk, the central defensive of the last matches is absent, allowing the blind is difficult choices. His best option is probably to Wesley Beware and Stefan de Vrij put in the center. Both would also play Lazio in the base and are well coordinated. Beware makes his debut in that case, but many other applicants with more experience are also unavailable again. Actually, only Bruno Martins Indi, assuming Daley Blind will play at left back.
The point of attack coach Danny Blind can not really go to Bas Dost. Sporting Lisbon striker protrudes in 2017 in a great shape. The Portuguese league Dost struck fifteen times (!) Goal in eleven games. In the last two matches of Sporting’s top scorer took all six goals on his behalf. Vincent Janssen, its competitor Orange, more credit, but does very little to the tray at Tottenham. By the return of Kane does the attacker not to count on playing in the Premier League. In addition, Janssen had to skip the workout Thursday because he was some flu. Update Friday: Janssen is still ill and remains in the Netherlands.
Probable lineup Netherlands
Sweet; Karsdorp, Pretty, Beware, Blind; Wijnaldum, Sneijder, Strootman; Robben, Dost, Depay
Bulgaria vs Netherlands head to head
26.05.12 FI Netherlands Bulgaria 1 : 2
08.09.07 EUR Netherlands Bulgaria 2 : 0
07.10.06 EUR Bulgaria Netherlands 1 : 1
23.06.74 WC Bulgaria Netherlands 1 : 4
22.10.69 WC Netherlands Bulgaria 1 : 1