The Oranje would be looking to put their disappointing Euro 2012 performance behind, and commence their World Cup qualification campaign brightly against Abullah Avcı’s men.
Netherlands will commence their 2014 World Cup qualification campaign on September 7, when they lock horns against Turkey at Amsterdam Arena.
Netherlands
The Flying Dutchmen are regarded as one of the best teams on paper in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. However, they have deceived their fans on a number of occasions, with most recently UEFA Euro 2012 failure in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032
this summer, where they were considered as pre-tournament favourites.
Surprisingly, three defeats in a row at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 eliminated the Oranje from the group stages. Bert van Marwijk was dismissed from the coaching position in the aftermath of European Championship’s
failure.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and Bayern Munich boss, as the Flying Dutchmen’s new head coach.
Van Gaal would be keen to put his side’s woeful Euro 2012 campaign behind, and start the 2014 World Cup qualification with a win over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Turkey-c3026.
Turkey
Ay Yıldızlılar have previously only managed to book a place in the coveted FIFA World Cup on two occasions. In 1954, the Turks bowed out of the competition from the group stages.
In 2002, the Crescent-Stars impressed many with their game, and achieved tremendous results before http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 eliminated them from the competition in the semi-final with a 1-0 victory. The Turks went on to win the third place match
3-2 against South Korea.
Turkey will now compete against Netherlands, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andorra-c2837 for the top two spots in Group D.
Abdullah Avcı, the Crescent-Stars head coach, would be keen to book his side’s place in the main event held in Brazil.
Team news
Netherlands
Earlier last week, Van Gaal announced his 23-man squad for the two World Cup qualifiers games and surprised many by excluding the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nigel-de-Jong-c27882 and Gregory van der Wiel.
Darryl Janmaat, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bas-Dost-c7339 and Jordy Clasie got the nod from their coach, and the trio could be making their debut for the Oranje.
Probable Line-up: Stekelenburg; Van Rhijn, Heitinga, Mathijsen, Willems; Emanuelson, Sneijder, Strootman; Robben, Huntelaar, Narsingh.
Form Guide:
The Flying Dutchmen have lost four of their last five encounters.
Turkey
Avcı will have a full strength squad available at his disposal.
Probable Line-up:
Gunok; Toprak, Kaya,Irtegun,Korkmaz; Altintop, Turan, Belozoglu, Sahin; Yilmaz, Bulut.
Players to watch
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753
The Bayern Munich attacker is regarded as one of the best wingers playing in Europe. He is expected to play an integral role should the Oranje emerge victorious.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nuri-Sahin-c28251 – Turkey
The 24-year-old will be keen to impress while wearing his national team colours. The former Borussia Dortmund star will be looking to create goalscoring opportunities consistently throughout the 90 minutes if the Turks are to achieve
a good result in Amsterdam.
Prediction
The Oranje are the favourites to emerge victorious in this match, as they are a much stronger side on paper as compared to Turkey. However, they will have to earn their victory, as the Turks will be gunning to achieve a good result.
Predicted score-line: Netherlands 2-1 Turkey
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