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Louis van Gaal believes his Netherlands team were too lenient with Ghana despite winning 1-0 in Rotterdam. The pre-World Cup friendly on Saturday night was the second time the Dutch had beaten the Black Stars under these circumstances, having won 4-1 just before South Africa 2010. �We are too careless with the ball at times,� the Manchester United-bound coach told Dutch media on Saturday. Robin van Persie scored the only goal of the match in the fifth minute at De Kuip Arena in Rotterdam. �In the first half, there were many opportunities for us to create opportunities, but we have not taken advantage of them. We have created and scored a brilliant goal, but it should have been 3-0. We had another two fantastic attacks.� Ghana have left for the USA to continue preps while the Netherlands meet Wales in Amsterdam on Wednesday.