Internationals | Van de Ven starts for the Netherlands in pre-World Cup prep

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Lining up at left-back for his 20th cap, the Oranje were on top in the first half with Tijjani Reijnders having a goal ruled out for offside and Donyell Malen and Cody Gakpo both going close although Micky was called upon at the other end to snuff out a chance with a typical recovery sliding challenge.

Our defender was replaced at the break after a goalless first half amongst a handful of changes by Ronald Koeman as the visitors went on to snatch victory late on with a stunning curler from Anis Hadj Moussa four minutes from time.

The defeat at Feyenoord's De Kuip stadium ended a 10-game unbeaten run for the Dutch who now travel to the United States to first take on Uzbekistan in a final warm-up friendly in New York before their Group F opener against Japan on Sunday 14 June in Texas.

Cristian Romero and holders Argentina would have kept a close eye on this one with Algeria their first opponent in Group J at the finals in United States, Canada and Mexico.

Elsewhere, Manor Solomon, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Serie A side Fiorentina, started and completed 88 minutes on his 49th cap as Israel beat Albania 1-0 in a friendly in Tirana.

In youth internationals, Albania's Armend Muslika bagged a brace in a 2-2 home draw with Latvia in a European Under-17 Championship qualifier, George Feeney featured off the bench for Northern Ireland Under-21s in their 4-0 away friendly defeat to Portugal and Yang Min-Hyeok's South Korea Under-23s drew 1-1 in a friendly with United Arab Emirates in Thailand.

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