Sari van Veenendaal and Dominique Janssen both played the full 90 minutes as the Netherlands began their Algarve Cup campaign with a 6-2 win over Japan. Lieke Martens and Lineth Beerensteyn gave Oranje a two-goal lead within the opening 10 minutes, with Siri Worm and Shanice van de Sanden doubling their advantage before half-time. Emi Nakajima and Mana Iwabuchi then struck for Japan, but Stephanie van der Gragt and Martens were on target to secure a comfortable victory for the Netherlands. Van Veenendaal and Janssen could be back in action on Friday evening, when the Netherlands face Denmark in their second Algarve Cup group-stage match. Copyright 2018 The
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