Manchester United's Tyrell Malacia was an unused substitute during the Netherlands' 1-1 draw against Ecuador on Friday. Malacia was briefly Erik ten Hag's first-choice left-back this season, but Luke Shaw fought back and he's started the majority of the games in that position, although that didn't stop the summer signing from making the Netherlands' World Cup squad.
The 23-year-old played a key role in the Netherlands' qualifying campaign for Qatar and yet he's not played a single minute at the tournament so far, with manager Louis van Gaal starting Daley Blind, who is a centre-back, at left-back instead.
Blind has started against Senegal and Ecuador and Malacia has been an unused substitute in both of those games. Van Gaal has preferred a risk-averse approach at the World Cup and that explains why Malacia is yet to make an appearance.
