Brobbey and Gakpo braces power Netherlands to victory past shaky Sweden

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koeman-ronald/vHeYAvb2/"]Ronald Koeman[/a] made a big call by bringing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brobbey-brian/pfAvgQUT/"]Brobbey[/a] into his starting line-up in place of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/summerville-crysencio/EaRET7t6/"]Crysencio Summerville[/a], who scored against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/japan/ULXPdOUj/"]Japan[/a], but that decision was vindicated by two goals inside the opening 17 minutes. First, Brobbey took down a long clearance and laid the ball off to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/reijnders-tijani/f17EnPl3/"]Tijjani Reijnders[/a], who sent [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gakpo-cody/pWyuBud0/"]Cody Gakpo[/a] away down the left and his low centre was fired in from six yards by the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunderland/WSzc94ws/"]Sunderland[/a] striker[/b].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sweden/OQyqbHWB/"]Sweden[/a] came close to an immediate response when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gyokeres-viktor/zaBZ1xIk/"]Viktor Gyokeres[/a] forced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/verbruggen-bart/6PChQYLj/"]Bart Verbruggen[/a] into a smart stop at his near post, only for [b]Brobbey to add his second and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/netherlands/WYintcWb/"]Netherlands[/a]’ 100th World Cup goal by diverting another low cross – this time from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dumfries-denzel/QR0j1ejk/"]Denzel Dumfries[/a] on the right[/b] – past the helpless [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nordfeldt-kristoffer/zidYDVKR/"]Kristoffer Nordfeldt[/a].[/p][p]The first-half hydration break gave Sweden a much-needed chance to regroup, and they were better coming forward after the restart, stretching the Dutch defence but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ayari-yasin/vTrnQI0N/"]Yasin Ayari[/a] was guilty of a lack of cutting edge in front of goal more than once.[/p][embed guid="85b3e43f-0693-4ea8-8f1f-fbf6c3c3610f" url="https://x.com/OnsOranje/status/2068385807564456162" social-type="twitter" /][p]In the final 10 minutes of the half, Gyokeres swept a low right-footed effort goalwards from the left side, before Gakpo produced similar at the other end, but Bart Verburggen and Nordfeldt were equal to them. [/p][p]The Oranje were almost out of sight when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/malen-donyell/KOdKXsao/"]Donyell Malen[/a] got free only to flash his strike across goal, but the end-to-end nature continued when Ayari fired narrowly over from 18 yards. Sweden thought they were right back in when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lagerbielke-gustaf/UwOm1wvF/"]Gustaf Lagerbielke[/a] nodded in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nygren-benjamin/WCHWGOvf/"]Benjamin Nygren[/a]’s free-kick, but it was ruled out for offside, before Verbruggen palmed away a direct free-kick from Gyokeres and a clean hit from Ayari on the stroke of HT. [/p][p]All the Swedish endeavour to get back into the game was undone within two minutes of the restart, and again the Dutch used a low ball across goal to punish them.[b] Dumfries squared the ball down the corridor of uncertainty, and though Brobbey couldn’t connect, Gakpo was there to bundle it home. [/b][/p][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] man needed just seven more minutes to join Brobbey on a brace, as [b]substitute Summerville burst through the middle before feeding Gakpo on the left, and his fierce strike at the near post was too quick for Nordfeldt[/b].[/p][p]Those goals still didn’t quash the belief of Graham Potter’s side, as Ayari went close from range before they finally got on the scoresheet, when [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/isak-alexander/p41IV42c/"]Alexander Isak[/a] sent [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/elanga-anthony/dOlRWlZ6/"]Anthony Elanga[/a] through, and the replacement finished coolly past Verbruggen.[/b][/p][embed guid="175f52f4-4d24-41a8-bfe2-fef320a41989" url="https://x.com/svenskfotboll/status/2068408569498660921" social-type="twitter" /][p]A win by the same scoreline in their opener keeps Sweden in with a chance of reaching the Round of 32, a chance they could have strengthened with further consolations, but Verbruggen kept out their best effort in the final 10 minutes – a curling strike from Isak – [b]before Summerville ensured it was back-to-back 5-1's for the Swedes by firing into the bottom corner from 20 yards[/b].[/p][p]It’s 13 games without a clean sheet for Sweden, who have now won just one of their last eight against fellow Europeans at the World Cup. Excluding penalty shootout defeats, the [b]Netherlands are now unbeaten in 14 World Cup matches since defeat in the 2010 final, surpassing the previous record set by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brazil/I9l9aqLq/"]Brazil[/a] between 1958 and 1966.[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/netherlands-WYintcWb/sweden-OQyqbHWB/?mid=0rAjVxuo"]Review all the stats from Netherlands 5-1 Sweden on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]