Esmee Brugts scored two stunning long-range goals as the Netherlands rediscovered their scoring touch in a crushing win over Vietnam on Tuesday, reaching the Women’s World Cup knockout stage in style and locking up top spot in Group E.
The Dutch had scored only once in each of their two previous games but, knowing goal difference could decide the group winners, were 4-0 up inside 25 minutes, with Brugts’s curled effort the pick of the bunch.
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