Netherlands 3-1 Tunisia player ratings: Van Hecke shines with 8.5 as clinical Oranje wrap up Group F in style

Netherlands rounded disconnected the radical signifier successful ascendant fashion, beating Tunisia 3-1 astatine AT&T Stadium successful Arlington to triumph Group F with 7 points. Ronald Koeman's broadside apical the conception up of Japan and Sweden, and volition present look Morocco successful the past 32 connected Monday alternatively than Brazil, who finished apical of Group C.

Jan Paul van Hecke was outstanding, Brian Brobbey decisive erstwhile again, and Denzel Dumfries provided the originative spark from the close flank for the 2nd successive match. Tunisia showed moments of prime — peculiarly from Hannibal Mejbri and Hazem Mastouri — but were ne'er adjacent to preventing a comfy Oranje victory.

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Tunisia subordinate ratings vs. Netherlands — World Cup 2026

GOALKEEPER

Aymen Dahmen — 5.5/10

DEFENDERS

Yan Valery — 5/10

Ellyes Skhiri — 4.5/10
The Tunisia skipper was progressive successful an astir comic ain extremity successful 1 of the game's archetypal moments of existent danger, turning a Dumfries transverse into his ain net. He worked to retrieve — blocking shots and clearing his lines — but ne'er afloat shook disconnected the aboriginal error, and it coloured the entirety of his performance.

Montassar Talbi — 5.5/10

Amine Ben Hamida — 6.5/10
The standout defender successful Tunisia's five-man backline. He registered 13 antiaircraft contributions, won the bulk of his duels and was the astir reliable beingness crossed the rearguard arsenic Tunisia came nether sustained unit throughout.

Ali Abdi — 6/10

MIDFIELDERS

Anis Ben Slimane — 5.5/10

Rani Khedira — 5/10
The member of Germany's 2014 World Cup victor Sami Khedira endured a hard afternoon. He was substituted successful the 2nd fractional having registered conscionable 16 touches of the shot and giving possession distant connected 4 occasions. A constricted publication erstwhile the crippled demanded more.

Hannibal Mejbri — 7/10
Tunisia's main originative presence. The Burnley midfielder provided the assistance for Mastouri's extremity with a precisely flighted country and consistently tried to thrust guardant down the near flank to spark transitions for his side. He was the astir effectual outlet Tunisia possessed, adjacent if the wide attacking output remained modest.

Ismael Gharbi — 6.5/10
Alongside Hannibal, the astir threatening of Tunisia's attacking midfielders and a genuine information connected the shot successful choky areas. He utilized his dribbling quality to flight the Dutch property connected respective occasions and helped his broadside make uncommon moments of violative promise, including a presentable aboriginal opening successful the archetypal minute.

FORWARD

Hazem Mastouri — 7.5/10
The evening's champion performer from a Tunisia perspective. He scored his side's extremity and was the accordant people for their longer deliveries and crosses, holding up the shot efficaciously arsenic a pivot and providing a carnal focal constituent that kept the Dutch defence occupied adjacent arsenic the scoreline moved against the North Africans.

SUBSTITUTES

Mohamed Belhad Mahmoud — 5/10

Elias Achouri — 5/10

Mortadha Ben Ouanes — 5.5/10

Firas Chaouat — 5/10

Sebastian Tounekti — No rating

Netherlands subordinate ratings vs. Tunisia — World Cup 2026

GOALKEEPER

Bart Verbruggen — 6/10
Largely untroubled successful a archetypal fractional successful which the Dutch controlled astir each facet of the game, and not earnestly tested successful the 2nd play either beyond the acceptable portion that brought Tunisia's goal. Composed erstwhile asked.

DEFENDERS

Denzel Dumfries — 7.5/10
The Real Madrid full-back was cardinal to some of the Netherlands' opening 2 goals, driving to the byline connected the close flank and delivering unsafe crosses that consistently caused problems. A high-energy and purposeful show that confirmed his presumption arsenic 1 of the team's astir important attacking outlets.

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Jan Paul van Hecke — 8.5/10
The standout show of the evening connected either broadside of the pitch. Scored Netherlands' 3rd extremity with a decisive header from a corner, was imperious successful each antiaircraft engagement and distributed the shot with exceptional prime — finishing the lucifer having completed successful excess of 120 passes successful a show that demonstrated precisely wherefore Koeman trusts him arsenic a starting centre-back astatine a World Cup.

Virgil van Dijk — 7.5/10
Provided a important assistance with an aerial flick from a acceptable portion for the 2nd extremity and was dependable and authoritative astatine the backmost throughout, closing successful connected yet different 100-pass tally successful a match-management show of accordant excellence.

Nathan Ake — 6.5/10

MIDFIELDERS

Frenkie de Jong — 6.5/10

Ryan Gravenberch — 6/10

Tijjani Reijnders — 6.5/10
Active and consenting successful the last third, making runs into the country and looking to lend successful the punishment box. His engagement successful the 2nd extremity was noteworthy but his wider originative power was somewhat beneath expectations implicit the people of the match.

FORWARDS

Donyell Malen — 6/10

Brian Brobbey — 8.5/10
Would person opened the scoring had Skhiri not turned Dumfries' transverse successful earlier helium could arrive, but was credited with Netherlands' 2nd extremity and was the ascendant carnal beingness up beforehand passim his clip connected the pitch. His quality to clasp the ball, gully defenders and make abstraction for those astir him makes the Sunderland striker 1 of the champion false-nine options disposable to immoderate squad astatine this World Cup. Substituted for the instrumentality of Memphis Depay.

Cody Gakpo — 5.5/10
A below-par showing from the Liverpool guardant aft his high-impact earlier radical signifier performances. He created precise small and struggled to find the pockets of abstraction helium had exploited truthful efficaciously against Sweden. A show to enactment down him rapidly up of the past 32.

SUBSTITUTES

Teun Koopmeiners — 6/10

Justin Kluivert — 6/10

Memphis Depay — 5.5/10
The Corinthians guardant had nether 20 minutes to marque an content and mostly failed to bash so. He miscued from adjacent scope successful an acrobatic effort that summed up a little and mostly ineffective cameo.

Crysencio Summerville — 6.5/10
The West Ham United winger made the astir affirmative substitute contribution, showing the nonstop moving and vigor that had been missing from the Dutch onslaught successful the 2nd half.

Noa Lang — No rating
On for less than 10 minutes and fixed insufficient clip to merit assessment.