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The Netherlands and Sweden have built an intense rivalry in European qualifiers: in 2017, the Dutch needed to thrash Sweden to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and failed — Arjen Robben wept on the pitch after elimination. Sweden advanced and reached the quarterfinals in Russia, while the Netherlands stayed home. From Cruyff and his Total Football to the days of Van Dijk and Gakpo, the Netherlands has amassed runner-up finishes (1974, 1978, 2010) and obsessively pursues the title that eludes them.

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