Louis van Gaal is no longer the coach of the Netherlands

The Dutchman Louis van Gaal announced his resignation from the technical direction of the Netherlands football team after the elimination of his team at the hands of Argentina in the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.The coach confirmed his decision in the press conference after the match, which ended 2-2 in regulation and extra time and ended with the classification of the Argentine cast to the semifinals in the penalty shootout. “I’m not going to stay in the national team because it was only for this period. This was my last match. I’ve played 20 games and haven’t lost any. You can see it on Google. It is a very good experience, I have selected young people to learn and I have continued with the same group of players until I got here. I see this stage as very positive,” said van Gaal, who took office at the end of 2021. On a personal and football level they are a close-knit team with a strong team spirit and great football. We’ve played with normal powerhouses and we’ve eliminated some.” On the other hand, regarding the match against the Argentine national team, van Gaal analyzed: “We ran more than the Argentines in the second half but there were very tired players. In these cases what we want is to reach the end. We thought we could win, we tried the penalties. If you lose by two goals and manage to equalize, in extra time sometimes it is not easy to maintain the situation.“.”We drew and reached penalties and it’s the second time. That’s why I asked the players to train the penalties because I had the experience of two World Cups ago. Still it did not happen and I have nothing to reproach the players. Losing on penalties is having very bad luck” the 71-year-old coach emphasized.

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