Virgil van Dijk comes under fire for comments minutes after World Cup elimination

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SportFootballVirgil van DijkThe Netherlands have made an early exit from the World Cup after being beaten on penalties by Morocco in the Round of 32 despite being fancied to go deep in the competitionVirgil van Dijk raised eyebrows by claiming the Netherlands' game plan "worked" against Morocco after they were dumped out of the World Cup on penalties.The Dutch played out a 1-1 draw with Morocco, who took the game to extra-time when Issa Diop cancelled out Cody Gakpo's second half opener in the 91st minute. I think we scored a good goal."Ultimately, in injury time, you get pushed back.

Then it goes to penalties; unfortunately, we get knocked out."If you look at almost all the big teams at the World Cup: they also just drop back and they also wait for the right moment to apply pressure. Good process!"Another said: "21% possession in the 2nd half, was that the gameplan?," while another said bluntly: "You can say anything but not that the game plan worked."Morocco will advance and play Canada for a place in the quarter-finals in Houston on Saturday.Get the latest World Cup news straight to your inbox by signing up to our Make Football Great Again newsletter now!Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.

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