Memphis Depay leads the carnival celebrations into the Netherlands team hotel as the stars are given a warm welcome after beating USA… and coach Louis van Gaal intervenes by filming the reception and hugging the staff!
The Dutch stars were in full party mode when they arrived at their team hotel on Saturday night following their 3-1 World Cup Round of 16 win over the United States.
The Dutch secured their place in the quarterfinals after goals from Memphis Depay, Daley Blind and Denzel Dumfries in Qatar.
And Depay led the carnival celebrations as they were welcomed to their base for the tournament, while USMNT stars needed to be comforted by loved ones.
Holland’s stars were in full party mode when they arrived at their team hotel on Saturday, with Memphis Depay (left) leading the dance and Louis van Gaal (right) joining the show
The former Manchester United manager filmed the warm welcome and hugged the hotel staff
With Shakira’s Waka Waka 2010, the official World Cup song pouring out of the speakers, Depay danced his way down the carpet.
His teammates followed his lead as they were greeted by staff waving orange team flags.
Their welcome party also had masks with the faces of the players, some of whom greeted them in passing.
Holland was greeted by staff waving orange team flags and personalized masks were handed out
Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk had one of his own, fooling around with team-mates during the warm welcome.
Holland manager Louis van Gaal even got involved by filming the team’s arrival and then celebrating with the staff.
The beaming boss completely disregarded the quality of his video by hugging two employees with their phones held high.
Van Gaal was in a very happy mood as the former Manchester United manager kissed Dumfries after the defender sealed victory with his third goal after Haji Wright retired one for the USA.
Holland meet Argentina for a place in the last four on Friday after Lionel Messi and company beat Australia 2-1.