Former Netherlands star Rafael van der Vaart has praised Cody Gakpo this week.
The Liverpool forward scored a great goal that eventually got his team a quarter final berth.
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Netherlands beat Romania in their round of 16 clash on Tuesday, winning 3-0 after a tight battle for most of the game.
“There are not many players who could receive the ball and who could make a defender s*** their pants,'” he said.
“Gakpo is one of them.”
After the game, Gakpo said: “We played a good game and showed a great reaction from the last one and very pleased.
“I agree, after the last game we needed a reaction and today was a good step in the right direction.
Gakpo said: “We talked a lot about the aggression and intensity and defending like a team and it was a good step today again and very happy we won and played a good game.”