{"id":736030,"date":"2026-06-14T11:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/736030\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T11:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:02:10","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-can-germany-netherlands-join-scotland-as-european-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/736030\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifa World Cup 2026: Can Germany &#038; Netherlands join Scotland as European winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Koeman embraces &#8216;pressure&#8217; to go farpublished at 11:34 BST<\/p>\n<p>11:34 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-fxb76l-Paragraph e14e9ror4\">Netherlands v Japan (Sun, 21:00 BST)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1l98ssq-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/961c3e85-ed48-4c9b-8d0b-e6b7ac1ca083.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Netherlands<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Netherlands national team coach Ronald Koeman attends the Netherlands MD-1 press conference during the 2026 World Cup at AT&amp;T Stadium in Dallas, United States, on June 13, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0da9471a-d58a-4b07-a9b3-e54194587cc8.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman says &#8220;pressure&#8221; is driving progress as his side bid to reach a fourth World Cup final. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Dutch were runners up at successive tournaments in 1974 and 1978 &#8211; before falling short again in 2010. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ranked eighth in the world, the Netherlands&#8217; qualification campaign was strong, conceding four goals as they won six of their eight games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">First brought into the national team set-up in 2018, Koeman&#8217;s mandate was to revive the Netherlands after they failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup and EURO 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The side qualified for EURO 2020 under his management before he departed for Barcelona &#8211; then returned to manage his country in 2023 following the resignation of Louis van Gaal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At his country&#8217;s twelfth World Cup finals, Koeman is embracing the possibility of going deep into the tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cWe put a lot \u200bof pressure on ourselves,\u201d Koeman said in a news conference. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cWe want to go far \u200bin the tournament. We have a strong team and we know what \u2060we need to improve to have a real chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Koeman embraces &#8216;pressure&#8217; to go farpublished at 11:34 BST 11:34 BST Netherlands v Japan (Sun, 21:00 BST) Netherlands&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-736030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}