WORLD CUP:Louis van Gaal give credit to new tactics over Spain
a new formation helped Holland to their 5-1
thrashing of Spain in Group B of the World
Cup.
A breath-taking second half saw Holland fire
four goals past Vicente del Bosque’s men –
with Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie
finishing the game with a brace apiece, having
led the line superbly.
Van Gaal hailed the importance of Van
Persie’s superbly headed equaliser before
half-time and admits that he is glad he kept
faith with their new 3-5-2 formation – saying
that his side would have lost had he reverted
to their usual 4-3-3.
"If Van Persie wouldn't have scored the 1-1
before half-time, I would've switched back to
the 4-3-3 formation," he told Dutch
television.
"If I played with three attackers, my wingers
would have chased down the Spain backs too
much, that would be a waste.
"I played this system because I believe that
we are not good enough to beat Spain with
our normal 4-3-3 formation,” he added.
"We still have to beat Australia to make this
victory count."
Manchester United’s Van Persie was in
inspired form throughout the encounter, and
believes that the win came as a result of hard
work on the training pitch.
“"This is inexplicable," Van Persie said. "We
have trained all those weeks for this.
"The match has gone exactly as the coaching
staff predicted.
"That (first) goal came at a good time. Our
second goal then came as a blow to Spain.
"After that we continued. Often, you quit afte two or three goals. But we went on, and on, and on."
Culled from Sky Sports
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