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Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 14, 2022 (AFP) - Memphis Depay scored a physical issue time champ only seconds after Gareth Bale had leveled for Wales as the Netherlands grabbed a 3-2 Nations League triumph on Tuesday.
The success in Rotterdam keeps Louis van Gaal's men three focuses clear of Belgium, who won 1-0 against Poland in Warsaw, at the highest point of Group A4.
Noa Lang put the Dutch in front in the seventeenth moment with his most memorable worldwide objective and Cody Gakpo immediately made it two.
Brennan Johnson finished a spell of three objectives in eight-and-a-half minutes by pulling one back, before Bale fell off the seat and scored a 92nd-minute punishment.
Be that as it may, home substitute Depay had the last say as the Netherlands made it three successes from four matches in the competition, in spite of being without a few best option players all along.
It was a sensational experience between two groups who have equipped for the World Cup in Qatar in the not so distant future.
Club Brugge forward Lang gave the hosts an early lead with a fine individual strike, turning the Welsh safeguard and penetrating a strong shot past goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey.
The benefit was multiplied halfway through the main half as Gakpo scored after his underlying exertion was hindered.
Yet, Wales hit back under three minutes after the fact, as Dan James won the ball and took care of Nottingham Forest forward Johnson to score for the second time in four days.
Hennessey saved from Gakpo soon after half-time, while Johnson was denied by Jasper Cillessen at the opposite end.
Grains supervisor Robert Page presented Bale and Aaron Ramsey for his group who are as yet searching for a first success in the gathering.
Bundle got a spot-kick after Connor Roberts was fouled to score his 39th global objective and flash wild festivals on the away seat.
However, Wales, who had likewise evened out in the return apparatus against the Dutch in stoppage time last week and afterward lost, did likewise once more.
The guests were gotten out as a ball into the case was flicked on and Barcelona's Depay responded fastest to score.
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