Oranje won its interland against Zweden 5-1, with Brobbey scoring twice and Summerville finishing it in the 89th minute. The score sends Nederland to the top of groep F on four points and sets up the final group match against Tunesië with a clear route still open.
Brobbey opens the gap
Brobbey put Oranje ahead in the fifth minute after a move involving Tijjani Reijnders and Gakpo, then struck again 12 minutes later for 2-0. Ronald Koeman had started him because he offered more as a target man than Donyell Malen, and that choice gave Oranje an early grip on the match.
Before halftime, Bart Verbruggen denied Yassin Ayari and Gustaf Lagerbielke had a header ruled offside. Those moments kept Zweden from turning the first half into something tighter than the scoreboard suggested.
Gakpo and Summerville add control
Two minutes after the break, Summerville helped start the move for Gakpo's third goal, and Gakpo added another in the 54th minute to make it 4-0. Malen had started on the right before being replaced at halftime by Summerville, and the change fed directly into the second-half surge.
The late stages brought the only break in Oranje's control. Anthony Elanga beat Micky van de Ven in the 59th minute to give Zweden its only goal, but the response was already set by Oranje's second-half rhythm and the space it kept finding wide and between the lines.
Nederland and Japan
Nederland now leads groep F on four points, with Japan also on four after a 4-0 win over Tunesië. Japan has the same goal difference, but Nederland has scored seven goals to six, so the table tilt sits with Oranje for now.
Summerville's 89th-minute finish, his second goal of the WK, gave the 5-1 scoreline a clean ending and left Oranje in position to approach the night from Thursday to Friday in Kansas City with a strong start already banked. The final match against Tunesië now carries the group-winner line, not just the result itself.
