Sneijder has had an amazing career with Oranje

On a night that saw Wesley Sneijder bow out of international football, many begin to reflect on the excellence of the man and what he brought to Dutch football.

Sneijder became the Oranje’s all time appearance maker in 2017, surpassing the record set by Edwin van der Sar.

The highest point of Sneijder’s career for the Netherlands has to be the 2010 World Cup, finishing as joint top goalscorer and guiding his side to the final.

This year led to many clamouring for Sneijder to win the Ballon D’or, having most certainly been one of the best players in the world that season, but ultimately finishing fourth.

Sneijder will be forever held in the hearts of the Oranje, with his departure from the field on the 62nd minute marks the end of an era.

Memphis Depay is the key to Dutch success

Memphis Depay proved once again that he is an integral part of the Netherlands side, having netted both goals against Peru.

The forward seems to have the team built around him, with every attack looking to feature the 24-year-old.

Depay even started and finished his second goal of the game, bursting out of the midfield excellently and finding Quincy Promes before collecting the ball in the box and finishing in style.

If the Oranje are to get back to the heights at which they belong, Depay will most certainly be a huge part of it.

Frenkie de Jong is ready for the first team

Frenkie de Jong’s incredible rise was rewarded by an international call up from Ronald Koeman, and he most certainly re-payed his faith with an excellent performance.

Having came on in the second half, de Jong looked to continuously keep play moving as well as pulling off exceptional long distance passes.

The hard work of de Jong payed off as he picked Depay out in the box to assist him for the equaliser.

Some feared that it may be too soon for de Jong to be playing international football, but a confident and professional debut from the 21-year-old proved his doubters wrong.

Cillessen is Koeman’s number 1

Jasper Cillessen has been struggling to find playing time whilst with Barcelona, but Ronald Koeman still appears to believe that the 29-year-old is his best goalkeeping option.

Since joining Barcelona in 2016, Cillessen has made 21 appearances for the club, that’s only seven more than he has managed for Oranje in the same time period.

Despite this, Cillessen appears to show little rust and continues to perform well for Oranje, but players like Jeroen Zoet and Marco Bizot who are playing week in week out might feel hard done by.

Quincy Promes needs to start

Before the Peru game, Quincy Promes had regularly been Depay’s striking partner, but found himself on the bench for this game.

He may have had to make way for the man of the evening Sneijder, but Oranje certainly didn’t look as strong going forward without him.

The deadly pace of Promes and Depay up front has been one of the Netherlands deadliest weapons, but the game regularly slowed right down without those options.

Depay will most likely have grabbed the headlines since their partnership began, but Promes is just as important as the Lyon forward.