OPINION
Georginio Wijnaldum scored his fifth goal of the season in Holland’s 4-0 Euro 2020 qualifying win over Belarus on Thursday night. Remarkably, three of those strikes have come in the orange jersey of the national team. International fans could barely believe their eyes as the midfielder, who usually gets a nose bleed when in the box during Liverpool games, scored for the third time in consecutive games for Holland, following up Nations League strikes against France in November and Holland in October. The recurring theme on Twitter is that the 28-year-old is a “different beast” to the one who combines the play so effectively for his club and is an integral member of the side, to the free-scoring, ruthless operator for his country. Some suppositioned that Wijnaldum is given more of a licence to roam freely for Holland, and that he plays higher up the pitch. Whatever the reason, Liverpool could do with Gini being a penalty-box genius in the final two months of the season.
This Is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
Wijnaldum is actually a different beast when he plays for Holland https://t.co/qBPU0TOLVu
— 19* (@lc12345lc) March 21, 2019
does Gini plays different role to what he does at #Liverpool ? b/c i realise he’s always scoring for his Country! Lol
— EMM (@fiisch049) March 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/FR_INC/status/1108857508096106496
Gini pls are you the one playing for liverpool? You are so different and world class whenever you play for Netherland
— Kolade (@topeasykay) March 21, 2019
When is Gini Wijnaldum gonna bring the goal threat he has for the Netherlands in a Liverpool shirt ??
I know his role is different for us, but when he does find himself in a scoring position he doesnt seem to have the ruthlessness he does for his country#LFC #NEDBLR
— Dan LFC (@Dan19LFC) March 21, 2019
Convinced that Gini Wijnaldum for the Netherlands and Gini Wijnaldum for Liverpool are two different players
— Chris Anderson ?? (@EmreCanderson) March 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/arsenal_mo/status/1108851665988403200
https://twitter.com/Tobe_ekwunife1/status/1108831633346609153
https://twitter.com/OctoberAeowyn/status/1108828259272282113