{"id":6842,"date":"2026-06-03T21:01:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=6842"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:01:15","slug":"three-reds-play-in-netherlands-pre-world-cup-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/?p=6842","title":{"rendered":"Three Reds play in Netherlands pre-World Cup friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"css-1txwn9j\">\n<div class=\"css-a5ng1y\">\n<div class=\"css-1xyioez\">\n<p><span class=\"css-59pa5b\">\u200c<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-11in4sr\">\n<div style=\"display:block;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0\"><img alt=\"Three Reds play in Netherlands pre-World Cup friendly\" title=\"Three Reds play in Netherlands pre-World Cup friendly\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backend.liverpoolfc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/xs\/public\/2026-06\/virgil-van-dijk-netherlands-03062026_ad42f8bc5bcd85d9b2cc3e6fa41b06ab.webp?itok=12DopIuF&amp;width=576 576w, https:\/\/backend.liverpoolfc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/sm\/public\/2026-06\/virgil-van-dijk-netherlands-03062026_ad42f8bc5bcd85d9b2cc3e6fa41b06ab.webp?itok=WdQyOTzH&amp;width=768 768w, https:\/\/backend.liverpoolfc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/md\/public\/2026-06\/virgil-van-dijk-netherlands-03062026_ad42f8bc5bcd85d9b2cc3e6fa41b06ab.webp?itok=trc8naZc&amp;width=992 992w, https:\/\/backend.liverpoolfc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/lg\/public\/2026-06\/virgil-van-dijk-netherlands-03062026_ad42f8bc5bcd85d9b2cc3e6fa41b06ab.webp?itok=H4yLsPjE&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/backend.liverpoolfc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/lg\/public\/2026-06\/virgil-van-dijk-netherlands-03062026_ad42f8bc5bcd85d9b2cc3e6fa41b06ab.webp?itok=H4yLsPjE&amp;width=1680 1680w\" src=\"https:\/\/backend.liverpoolfc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/lg\/public\/2026-06\/virgil-van-dijk-netherlands-03062026_ad42f8bc5bcd85d9b2cc3e6fa41b06ab.webp?itok=H4yLsPjE&amp;width=1680\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/><img alt=\"Three Reds play in Netherlands pre-World Cup friendly\" title=\"Three Reds play in Netherlands pre-World Cup friendly\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backend.liverpoolfc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/xs\/public\/2026-06\/virgil-van-dijk-netherlands-03062026_ad42f8bc5bcd85d9b2cc3e6fa41b06ab.webp?itok=12DopIuF&amp;width=576 576w, https:\/\/backend.liverpoolfc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/sm\/public\/2026-06\/virgil-van-dijk-netherlands-03062026_ad42f8bc5bcd85d9b2cc3e6fa41b06ab.webp?itok=WdQyOTzH&amp;width=768 768w, https:\/\/backend.liverpoolfc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/md\/public\/2026-06\/virgil-van-dijk-netherlands-03062026_ad42f8bc5bcd85d9b2cc3e6fa41b06ab.webp?itok=trc8naZc&amp;width=992 992w, https:\/\/backend.liverpoolfc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/lg\/public\/2026-06\/virgil-van-dijk-netherlands-03062026_ad42f8bc5bcd85d9b2cc3e6fa41b06ab.webp?itok=H4yLsPjE&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/backend.liverpoolfc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/lg\/public\/2026-06\/virgil-van-dijk-netherlands-03062026_ad42f8bc5bcd85d9b2cc3e6fa41b06ab.webp?itok=H4yLsPjE&amp;width=1680 1680w\" src=\"https:\/\/backend.liverpoolfc.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/lg\/public\/2026-06\/virgil-van-dijk-netherlands-03062026_ad42f8bc5bcd85d9b2cc3e6fa41b06ab.webp?itok=H4yLsPjE&amp;width=1680\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1q862e8\">\n<div class=\"css-d311n\">\n<div class=\"css-qn9caw\"><span class=\"css-1n6rhip\">Published<!-- --> <time datetime=\"2026-06-03\"><span class=\"css-18l3nyz\">4 minutes ago<\/span><\/time> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Sam Williams<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-hg7nzy\">Three Liverpool players started as the Netherlands lost 1-0 to Algeria in a World Cup warm-up game on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-gtn94w\">\n<div class=\"css-1l9nrdv\">\n<div class=\"css-ys7460\">\n<p>Captain Virgil van Dijk was joined in the Dutch line-up by Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenberch for the friendly in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk and Gravenberch were both substituted at half-time, while Gakpo was replaced inside the final 10 minutes and shortly before Algeria scored a late winner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1l9nrdv\">\n<div class=\"css-ys7460\">\n<p>The Netherlands&#8217; final match before the World Cup sees them meet Uzbekistan in New York on Monday, with their tournament opener against Wataru Endo\u2019s Japan taking place in Arlington on Sunday June 14.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-1n6rhip\">Published<!-- --> <time datetime=\"2026-06-03\"><span class=\"css-18l3nyz\">4 minutes ago<\/span><\/time> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200c Published 4 minutes ago By Sam Williams Three Liverpool players started as the Netherlands<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeeworld.name.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}