He became the all-time goalscorer of the Nation of the Netherlands and was worn on colleagues!
Article by Dragoș Petrescu – Published on Sunday, September 7, 2025, 20:54 / Updated Sunday, September 7, 2025:57
Netherlands imposed with emotions at Kaunas, 3-2 against the selection of Lithuaniain the preliminaries for football cm from 2026. Memphis Depay succeeded a “double” and overdue on Robin van Persie In the ranking of all-time scorers for “mechanical orange”.
The full program of stage #6 of Group G (CM 2026 preliminaries)
Prior to this evening's dispute, Memphis Depay and Robin Van Persie were in a draw in terms of the number of goals scored for the national team of the Netherlands, both of them with 50 successes.
Memphis managed a “double” in Lithuania-Holland, score 2-3, and became the all-time goalscorer of the “mechanical orange”!
In the 11th minute of the match in Kaunas, Corinthians' footballer opened the scoring, defeating Edvinas Gertmonas, the goalkeeper of Cluj University, with a shot inside the box, after a center sent by Cody Gakpo.
This goal represented the success of the number 51 for Memphis in the Netherlands T -shirt, and thus, the 31 -year -old striker became the largest scorer in his country's history, when he was raised on his arms and celebrated by his colleagues..
The bumps doubled their advantage in the 33rd minute, through Quinten Timber, who took an error in the defense of the hosts and managed to score.
However, Lithuania did not give up and managed to restore equality until the break, producing a real surprise for the fans present on the stadium. First, Gvidas Gineitis reduced the difference in the 36th minute, and Edvinas Girdvainis made 2-2 in the 43rd minute.
However, the Netherlands left with all the three points from Kaunas, Memphis Depay succeeding in the 64th minute, after a header at which Gertmonas could not intervene.
As a result of this result, the “mechanical orange” has accumulated 10 points and remains a leader in Group G. On the other side, Lithuania ranks on the penultimate position of the group, Poland, Finland and Malta, with only three points.
Group G ranking (CM 2026 preliminaries):
Lithuania – Holland »Start teams:
Lithuania (3-4-3): Gertmonas – Lekiatas, Girdvainis, Armalas – UPSTAS, Antanavicius, Gineitis, Lasickas – Sardudas, Jansonas, Dolznikov
reserves: Adamonis, Svedkauskas – Beneta, Golubickas, Jankauskas, Kalinauskas, Magdusauskas, Paulauskas, Petkevicius, Stankevici, Vorobjovas
coach: Edgaras Jankauskas
Holland (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen – Dumfries, de vij, van Dijk, Ake – Schouten, Q. Timber – Malen, Reijonders, Gakpo – Depay
reserves: Flekken, Roefs – of Ligt, Gravenberch, Koopmeiners, Lang, Simons, Steijn, J. Timber, Van, Van Hecke, Weghorst
coach: Ronald Koeman
Stadium: Darius and Girenas Stadium (Kaunas)
Referee: Elchin Massyev (Azerbaijan)
