James Richardson
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Stylistically, yeah.
I mean, there are lots to take from this.
One, I think a lot of people are going, OK, Tunisia, we understand why you fired your manager after getting beaten by this Sweden 5-1.
Two, Netherlands look like they mean business, but exactly how much business do they mean, Phil?
Thank you.
Is there a case that Ronald Koeman has now worked out this team?
Everything he did for this game against Sweden seemed to work out.
Somerville got dropped from the starting lineup.
He put on Brian Brobbey, who responded with a brace pretty much immediately.
He then brought on Somerville in the second half after an early drinks break had seen Sweden do a bit of a tactical rejig and regain a bit of control in the game.
Then halftime, the controversial halftime rehydration break,
then saw Ronald Koeman re-establish dominance by putting Somerville on and taking off for Daniel Marlin.
And then Somerville gets a goal and Cody Gakpo gets a brace.
Basically, everything came together for the Dutch.
You felt pretty impressed, I think.
When we were talking to our Dutch journalist friend, the head of Netherlands' first game, he was saying that there were kind of two question marks really over this Orange's side.
One was...
Ronald Koeman, whether he had the tactical news to take this team deep in the tournament.
Today, he certainly seemed to suggest that he does.
And the other one was he said, Sutherland's team is great at the back.