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WC Qualification Europe

Mar 25, 2017 5:38:13 PM

It was a nightmare debut for Matthijs de Ligt as Spas Delev's double earned Bulgaria a 2-0 World Cup qualifying win over Netherlands.

Netherlands' hopes of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup were dealt a severe blow by a 2-0 defeat to Bulgaria as Matthijs de Ligt endured a debut to forget in Sofia.

At just 17 years of age, the highly-rated Ajax central defender was the youngest player to turn out for Oranje since 1931, but it was a painful introduction to international football for a man who had made just 14 senior appearances prior to Saturday's meeting, which marked the halfway point on the road to Russia.