An impressively clinical performance from the Netherlands saw them through to the last eight of Qatar 2022, as they brushed aside the challenge of a high-energy USA team.

Soaking up some pressure at times, the Oranje used all of their experience – and that of their celebrated coach – to take advantage of the States’ naivety and score three times, with the irrepressible Dumfries involved on each occasion.

The first was a fluid footballing moment reminiscent of their famed Total Football, and though they were briefly tested by conceding a second-half goal, scored by Wright, Van Gaal’s men deservedly take their place in the quarter-finals.