World Soccer

GROUP E

Having banked the experience of winning a trophy Holland will be a well-supported threat

Holland hosted Euro 2017 and won playing an effervescent brand of football. In the wake of their success, a vast crowd acclaimed the victory party in Utrecht and home matches average crowds of 20,000-plus.

Expectation, however, proved difficult to live with, and after being held at home by Republic of Ireland, a 2-1 defeat

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