The Netherlands came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Germany to book their place in the Nations League finals last night.
Relegated Germany looked to have handed France a spot in the final four in Portugal next summer when they raced into a two-goal lead thanks to Timo Werner and Leroy Sane.
But a Quincy Promes goal five minutes from time gave the Dutch hope and Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk popped up with a last minute leveller to send Netherlands into the finals.
Van Dijk had been handed a note as the game edged towards its final stages, telling him to push forward and play as another striker.
But a Dutch legend had another theory.
Former Tottenham star Rafael van der Vaart thinks it was Gary Lineker who gave the Dutch side the impetus they needed to go out and get the draw they needed to oust France.
Van der Vaart, who retired from football recently, posted a photo on his Twitter page today of Van Dijk looking at the note sent on by manager Ronald Koeman alongside a tweet sent by Lineker. Lineker's tweet read: "Whoever said that football is a game where 22 players kick a ball about for 90 minutes and at the end the Germans always win hasn't got a clue, and should be relegated."
Lineker was of course referring to when he has previously said, on more than one occasion, that football was a simple game where 22 men kick a ball about and at the end Germany win.
And the caption on van der Vaart's tweet said: "Thanks for the last minute pep talk @GaryLineker."