Even the Dutch, with all of their footballing rules, aren’t against throwing on a giant man and crossing it in.
Everybody has a tough line someplace, at which they’ll abandon the ‘philosophy’ and take essentially the most direct path to purpose.
Weghorst’s introduction allowed the Dutch to maneuver right into a 3-2-5. He had a task within the winner too.
In 45 minutes, he had 9 touches and three passes, however an unquantifiable affect on his team-mates.
When it doubt, get Wout.
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