1993 (April 28) England 2-Holland 2 (World Cup Qualifier).avi

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[@shahjahanalam3899]

That Bergkamp goal was actually amazing. The technique, the awareness and ability with just 1 touch. wow

[@lingolarker9318]

Not that unlike a certain other 🥅 a few years later.

[@shahjahanalam3899]

@@lingolarker9318 I think this one is better because the awareness and the perfect volley is hard to do, just like VP's header in 2014 vs Spain; rare. The other goal was amazing but those 2 are unique

[@jameswalsh-zp3le]

I remember one against Sunderland that wasn't bad either

[@robbienl8176]

Reminds me of van basten vs germany in '88

[@BurnsTennis]

I was at the match, right behind the goal for Barnes' free kick. Some people were booing even before he took the free kick and didn't know what to do after it went in! Strange experience, Wouters should have been sent off, the Des Walker penalty at the end. Not good memories leaving Wembley that night. That was the beginning of the end for 1994 World Cup qualification.

[@thedude9752]

I was at the game as well and remember it just like you described. It was my first ever match i was only 10 but a fan in front of us was giving barnes the most awful racist abuse, every name under the sun. The same guy shrunk inside himself like some sort of cartoon tortoise when barnes slammed the free kick into the top corner 😂 not qualifying for usa 94 sucked so bad. The team does much better these days

[@scorelineupdate129]

@@thedude97523-1 to England Les Ferdinand scored the winner 100% onside. Utter disgrace of ref and 2 blind linemen

[@LuisFerreira-kn2nn]

Dennis Bergkamp, what a fantastic player.

[@threedoubles4827]

I remember thinking, in a flash as the ball was chipped forward to him, if Bergkamp just ....... and he did. I was open mouthed at his brilliance and thought if only one day he would join Arsenal. What chance of that ever happening???? Greatest ever Arsenal player by an country mile. Thank you Dennis for all the wonderful moments you gave us.

[@deanporter846]

Better than Henry?

[@threedoubles4827]

@@deanporter846 Thierry Henry was brilliant, but for me its Dennis Bergkamp. He had a lot to do with making Henry's Arsenal legacy

[@deanporter846]

@@threedoubles4827 Agree with you there. Bergkamp was silky smooth and all class. A trail blazer for foreign players coming to the EPL when they are in their prime. Henry was electrifying with his pace and skill. I’m a long time Liverpool fan from down under but I loved watching Arsenal in the late 90’s early 2000’s.

[@sbaby-kg8hn]

@@threedoubles4827 that's true 🤔

[@iandawson3171]

Gee, Viera would be in the mix, surely?

[@paulspice720]

I remember seeing this live and being stunned at the simple genius of Bergkamp's goal. Not a gunner fan either but loved watching them when Dennis was playing.

[@Anonymous-Joker74]

I recall Martin Keown,said he thought Dennis,goal was a touch flukey till he played beside him for us …👀✋🏼

[@niewsss]

Takes a while for the commentators to realize how brilliant that Bergkamp goal was :)

[@Atillathedumb]

You just don't understand understatement.

[@jesussuperlightchris5797]

What was so amazing about it?

[@threedoubles4827]

@@jesussuperlightchris5797 Have you ever kicked a ball?

[@jesussuperlightchris5797]

@@threedoubles4827 sure

[@scorelineupdate129]

@@jesussuperlightchris5797 Well if Carlton Palmer had done his job and close down Jan Woutersn then Bergkamp not on the score sheet

[@goosetits]

This was my first game. I was 10 years old. When that John Barnes free kick went in the whole stadium shook. It was awesome :)

[@arpejiogliss8106]

I was 10 years old too. John Barnes was my favourite footballer at the time and I was so happy cheering for him as he scored. He had alot of unfair criticism when he was clearly the best player in the country at the time. He paved the way for alot of Black players of today

[@samsonwilkinson8090]

A bit young for playing in the English team weren't you?

[@sbaby-kg8hn]

@@arpejiogliss8106 that's very true Barnes paved the way for us young black youths

[@sjnm4944]

RIP Graham Taylor.

[@philipboyd7692]

My first England game. Went with my school. When John Barnes scored it was electric👍👍

[@adamw2911]

Barnes was given a rough ride by the crowd. He never really showed his Liverpool form but he had quite a few assists and chipped in with goals from time to time.

[@mrfrisky2997]

Great Barnes goal! Has there ever been a more extreme gap in talent than 2 of England midfielders in the same team than Palmer and Gazza?

[@sensational_cellar8606]

Geoff Thomas says hello!

[@mohsdef]

@@sensational_cellar8606 that Geoff Thomas 1 on 1 miss still haunts me

[@GiveMeAnOKUsername]

Palmer played a blinder this game. Bergkamp complimented him.

[@DingKong]

Des Walker was such a good defender who went downhill fast after moving to Italian football. He never reached his earlier form again after that.

[@bobbymoore8]

Yeah, but that was a free kick and not a penalty.

[@DingKong]

@@bobbymoore8 Yes, don't see what it has to do with my comment though

[@kailashpatel1706]

He never adapted to the no back pass rule..

[@adamw2911]

The beginning of the end for Des Walker. Classy player who sadly lost form.

[@sensational_cellar8606]

He lost the sharpest edge of his explosive pace which was his main reason for being an England player.

[@vhayes2257]

Yes, tremendous player in his day (and this from an Irishman). In this campaign he was also badly at fault for Norway's first goal against England in the Oslo match.

[@jdee8267]

Remember watching Walker in Serie A on Channel 4, seemed to be making gaffes literally every week. Peaked at 26.

[@garethhughes4657]

@@jdee8267 I'm a Wednesday fan and fans were excited at the signing but it wasn't the Des Walker Forest had. He was actually quite a poor footballer and his distribution left a lot to be desired and his pace often got him out of trouble. When he lost that bit of pace he wasn't very effective which is why he was found out in Serie A.

[@jdee8267]

Spot on, the technical standard in Serie A was way beyond nearly all brits at the time. The best technicians in the Prem are still from outside specially in creative roles.

[@Instasamps]

So much done in just one touch from Bergkamp for his goal. Genius

[@jayxtacee5695]

It's one of the greatest mysteries of life how a small country like The Netherlands produces very talented footballers and some of the greatest strikers in the history of the game

[@Micksteroony]

Not so mysterious - their club and youth systems are excellent.

[@richarddewitte12]

Why is the most important reason Holland come back in this game left out? Wouters broke the jaw (on purpose) of a terrific Gasgoigne after half an hour or so.

[@GeordieBoy1955]

Richard de Witte Type “Paul Merson and Graham Taylor on a classic World Cup Qualifier” into the KZbin search function for footage of the broken jaw clash.

[@nigelkhan9278]

Dennis Bergkamp goal against Argentina 1998 and this goal is pure classy.

[@PeaceDweller]

Bergkamp & Overmars having a field day with their future team mates Tony Adams & Martin Keown

[@solo26sky]

That Bergkamp goal..... 😧

[@DJ-jn3on]

If only England had managed to hold onto that lead, but alas:it was not to be. Bergkamp's goal was pure class,although I still hated him for it. :)

[@forumknight]

Whenever England score an early goal it always ends in tears

[@Anthony-Elliott]

Does actually

[@hermanhelmich]

My last Dutch football hero Bergkamp

[@louiehernandez4741]

I was 16 watching this game on the television. Fantastic match. I remember Gascgoine going up for a header and being elbowed in the head and immediately bleeding.

[@pato2200]

Bergkamp and koeman there and van vossen takes the one. Famous for best miss ever in an old firm match!

[@johncambridge7339]

Bergkamp was truly a world class player

[@paulfrangi5410]

Shouldn't have been a penalty as he starts pulling his shirt outside the box. Based on that then in the return leg England should have had a penalty for the Koeman shirt tug in Platt!

[@hermankranendonk]

And Rijkaards goal should be counted as wel.

[@robfinlay8058]

If he'd have let go of his shirt outside the box it wouldn't have been a penalty. As it was, he held his shirt inside the box, so it was rightfully a penalty.

[@hermanhelmich]

I remember Wouters knocking Gascoigne off the field with a nasty elbow Should have been red

[@GiveMeAnOKUsername]

UFC started six months later.

[@sabbia81]

Amazing! Wouters was a great midfielder and you went off the world cup. Now enjoy the European cup! Prrrrr

[@randolacle]

2:41 Pretty sure someone at Arsenal was impressed by that one that night.

[@markjanvandenbrink1005]

Great match!

[@ahmedmohemad2204]

Dennis is far away by levels from others. Still wonder why he didnt get at least one golden ball!?

[@brandonwilson2732]

Overmars 💨 💨 💨

[@spursaz]

I was at that match. Class goal .

[@RundUmDenSVNiederwerth]

1-0 John Barnes (2 min) 2-0 David Platt (23 min) 2-1 Dennis Bergkamp (34 min) 2-2 Peter van Vossen (85 min (PK))

[@onlyweatherlol93]

those critics, they have no place really. also, watching overmars blitz past walker, embarrassing for walker

[@martinanderson5008]

Overmars would never have beaten Walker if he was at his prime, or not having whatever problems he is having here. He was the best defender I have ever seen.

[@itsinthetreesitscoming7431]

haha - he was only 27 for christs sake.....

[@lucasm3879]

Martin Anderson You're over rating walker there. Overmars was ridiculously fast. Walker's career seemed to nosedive when he went to Sampdoria in '92. I think Italian football had him completely out of his comfort zone. He was a pure defender who came through in the 80's long ball era.

[@wellysusanto376]

David platt the tintin

[@scottsimpson9659]

Great goal from bergkamp

[@mattmoran4341]

The end of Des Walker in international football

[@onlyweatherlol93]

@ojideagu ;) he was about 18 , his pace obviously the selling factor. just watching him burn everything up infront of him was unreal

[@princesofthepower3690]

He was 20 at the time .

[@onlyweatherlol93]

@@princesofthepower3690 Fair enough:)

[@64offsuiter]

Bergkamp outdoing Adams. Glad arsenal got him and overmars

[@BigKev0019]

day i was born

[@markstrugnell2953]

A dark, dark time for English football this. There much to shout about during these years

[@velouris76]

Think this was the first time anyone saw Des Walker being beaten for pace...

[@briandamage7769]

Weird how he went from being one of the world's best defenders at Italia 90 to an accident-prone liability within three years.

[@velouris76]

Brian Damage I think it started to go wrong for Des Walker when he went to Sampdoria, he was never quite the same when he moved there...

[@kailashpatel1706]

its strange, he was virtually unbeatable back then...Van Basten and Klinsmann could not get the better of him...why the decline do you think?

[@itsinthetreesitscoming7431]

he was beaten for pace by a faster player end of - overmars was beyond rapid. walker said himself later he continued to beat all the other england players in sprints (ferdinand, wright) at england camps after this - but overmars was quicker.

[@johndean1465]

@@itsinthetreesitscoming7431 I admitted to me that OverMars was the fastest player he ever played against

[@sp1873]

Joe Bloogs Jeans

[@terencetrentwatford.632]

5:37-5:48 Absolute brilliant raving from turnip head .

[@sadmareviardi1750]

wondering why van vossen take the penalty. des Walker, the key of england fail onto wc 1994

[@padraigmuldoon561]

This was Football. Football is dead.

[@emmadeeba2038]

Turnip head doing his pe teacher routine when they scored their second

[@sp1873]

not really sure

[@mikelvara2172]

in this match plays Ronald koeman?

[@jorgetaborda3410]

Koeman shoot of penalty

[@lucasm3879]

Nah Van Vossen shoot of penalty. Koeman plays not. Gullit and Rijkaard plays match.

[@mhaz8972]

England will not have a team as good as this team and italia 90 squad.. without doubt the best and exciting era of english football, in the finest era in international football. Since then football has become totally boring. 86 wc was the last decent wc.

[@AlexOjideagu2]

1994 was a great world cup. Romania knocked out Argentina, Bulgaria KO'd Germany, Nigeria had their best team ever. Colombia failing, USA going through, Romania, Bulgaria and Nigeria playing great. The group stages were great.

[@ulfibonkers3205]

Loved Mexico 86. Italia 90 was poor overall bar Cameroon and that Turin semifinal. USA 94 was superb but since then the Euros have trumped the WCs. Russia 2018 was a refreshing change. Quality! Been watching WC since Argie 1978

[@DudeLebowski23]

This side that failed to qualify for ‘94 was literally one of the worst we’ve ever had. Not sure what you’re even on about.

[@kailashpatel1706]

I totally agree that the 1990 squad was the last England side i fully rated...in fact by this stage the rot was setting in with players like Carlton palmer, from the mid 1970s to 1990 England had some very good players and squads..Unbeaten at the 1982 world cup, QF and SF at Mexico and Italia 1986 and 1990..yet nothing hanged over England more than the failure not to appoint Clough and Taylor in 1977..

[@kailashpatel1706]

@Ashton Almond I thought they were totally overated...Shearer and Sheringham played well and so did the backline..but i would go no further than that...the 1990 squad with Terry Venables as manager would have thrashed them..(Venables would have know how to use Waddle and Barnes together and with Bryan Robson fit could have won the world cup..that would have given them an extra 15%...)...Venables was very smart tactically in Euro 96...a key reason why they got to the semi..

[@eddcmufc209]

I remember going to this game with my school R&C.. some prick kept poking me on the back of the head with one of those foam hands, fucker left the stadium in three pieces, much to the dismay of its owner hah.

[@scottsimpson9659]

Who qualified Holland and Poland

[@lucasm3879]

Norway not Poland

[@AndrewHHems1969]

should've played Les Ferdinand from the start

[@lucasm3879]

He did start

[@muhammaddaivaidhsarmuhamma4283]

Peter Drury

[@Thefamilychannel723]

Barnes

[@SimonJohn67]

🎵 You'll never beat Des Walker🎵..oh wait!

[@jdee8267]

Shame donkey Adams was matched up vs genius in of Bergkamp, no chance.

[@seanbonella]

....still didnt qualify hahahahaha

[@diegoorlandonz]

england chicken diego from argentina

[@wellysusanto376]

England cry

[@ajc.1012]

cheating dutch? England never achieved anything except a home played wc more than half a century ago, with a goal that wasnt a goal. Always talking about their brilliance and never impressing anybody. Average players, boring football and buying everything because they havent got any players of their own for their premier league. Holland cheating.... but they had players like Cruijff, Rensenbrink, Neeskens, Krol. Van Hanegem, Keizer, Rep, Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard, Koeman, Bergkamp, Seedorf, Van der Sar, Kluivert, Davids, Van Nistelrooij, Stam, Sneijder, Robben, Van Persie, Van der Vaart, Van Dijk, De Jong....all of them world class

[@theenforcer22]

One more World Cup than Holland have won though! I remember Holland playing in a World Cup Final and just trying to kick Spain off the park. De Jong should have been sent off mid-first half, but typical Dutch only getting a yellow card when a red card is warranted. Still got beat though and still ended up with ten men! You’ve listed quite a few players there as world class who played in that final…and their performances proved themselves not to be. Banks, Cohen, Wilson, Stiles, J Charlton, Moore, Ball, Hunt, B Charlton, Hurst, Peters……confirmed world class footballers.

[@theenforcer22]

Holland have never won the World Cup. Rubbish rubbish Holland! England won in 1966. England are the best! Hat-trick in a World Cup final. Something Kluivert, Van Basten didn’t do…but an Englishman did. Bobby Moore is a class above Van Dijk and Koeman. If Cruyff had vision they’d have called him Bobby Charlton. I’m glad you didn’t list any left backs as England had Ray Wilson, who was a genuinely world class one; you’ve had Bouma, Bogarde and Numan. Rafael Van der Vaart? More like Rafael canned a fart.

[@theenforcer22]

Euro 96. England stuffed Holland 4-1. Embarrassed you. We let you score one though just to make sure the Scots got knocked out. Jordi Cruyff, Kluivert, Davids, Vorm, Van Bronckhurst, Babel, Depay, Afellay, Van De Beek, Klaasen, Witschge, Janssen all failed in the Premier League but looked good in the easy Dutch league.

[@theenforcer22]

Ronald Koeman? More like Ronald Pooman