Former international player: The Dutch team always slacks off when playing against non-top teams, has no creativity and allows its opponents to run.

In the ninth round of the World Cup preliminaries on Friday night, the Netherlands drew 1-1 away from Poland. Former Dutch international Van Hooijdonk said in his post-match comments that he saw a kind of slackness in the team's performance. The team had a lot of possession but actually had little creativity, and pointed out that the Dutch team would not play like this when facing strong opponents.

Van Hooijdonk said bluntly: "When the Dutch team is not playing against top teams, I feel that they lack a sense of urgency. They often let the players they are marking run, and the same is true against Lithuania. This is a problem caused by the midfielders. Therefore, they often give away some opportunities against these national teams."

The former international player also named Hrafenbecher as the midfielder who often allows his marking targets to run away. Van Hoeydonk also pointed out that the lack of urgency is a problem that will cause trouble for the Dutch team in the future: "This is actually a kind of perfunctory slack, which may be fatal danger. You seem to have an absolute advantage now, but that is just an illusion. You can't create anything."

Van Hooijdonk also concluded: "This was a typical game. During the period, the Dutch team had a lot of possession of the ball, but they did not make full use of it. They created really few opportunities. Their way of playing football will not happen against strong teams. In the UEFA Nations League against Spain, everyone was very focused "

Van Hoeydonk also pointed out that the Dutch team relies too much on De Jong: "Every time it is Frankie. In every attack, Frankie gets the ball so frequently."

As for the team's defensive performance, especially the team's defensive performance. When he lost the ball in the first half, Van Hoeydonk also said: "There were very, very many things that went wrong. When the ball was lost, Van Dijk should have filled the space, so there would not be any problems. But he stood there and didn't move. This was really bad defense."