Netherlands to play World Cup warm-up game against Algeria in Rotterdam

Reuters

Published 3 months ago

The Netherlands will ⁠play a warm-up match before the ‌World Cup against fellow finalists ‌Algeria in Rotterdam, ‌the Dutch football association ‌said on Monday.

[p]The friendly ‌on June 3rd will be the Dutch ‌team's farewell game before ⁠they ‌travel to the USA, where they are expected to play another preparation match before their opening Group F ⁠clash with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/japan/ULXPdOUj/"]Japan[/a] in Dallas on June 14th.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/algeria/nc87N1BR/"]Algeria[/a] have been drawn in ‌World Cup Group J along with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/argentina/f9OppQjp/"]Argentina[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/austria/naHiWdnt/"]Austria[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jordan/vNcmJoU2/"]Jordan[/a].[/p][embed guid="a8985d9d-bba9-4e7a-900c-f05790dcac39" url="https://x.com/OnsOranje/status/2028486259622990227" social-type="twitter" /][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/netherlands/WYintcWb/"]Netherlands[/a] have another North African country, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tunisia/QqZVYk95/"]Tunisia[/a], in their group and play them in Kansas City ‌on June 25th.[/p][p]The Dutch team will play ‌two friendlies this month, against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norway/8rP6JO0H/"]Norway[/a] in Amsterdam and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ecuador/8tbm8Tri/"]Ecuador[/a] in Eindhoven.[/p]

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