Professional Photographs Joey Veerman
NOS Voetbal•vandaag, 06:15
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Jesse Wieten
editor of the Dutch nationwide staff
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Jesse Wieten
editor of the Dutch nationwide staff
A couple of years in the past, the lack of De Jong was a catastrophe, however the Dutch staff is now, sadly, used to taking part in with out the FC Barcelona midfielder. Of the fourteen worldwide matches in Ronald Koeman’s second interval as nationwide coach, De Jong missed ten as a consequence of accidents, together with the final two towards Canada and Iceland.
Alternate options
Ryan Gravenberch was surprisingly included within the European Championship choice, partly as a consequence of Frenkie de Jong’s damage, and was given an opportunity final Thursday to take De Jong’s place on the left of midfield. He did that correctly, with out being seen.
It was Veerman’s flip towards Iceland and the PSV participant confirmed his qualities. The 25-year-old Veerman performed in his tenth worldwide match as at all times with out concern, with bravado, and made glorious passes. It isn’t with out motive that former worldwide gamers Arnold Mühren and Ronald de Boer already known as for Veerman within the Dutch staff final week.
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For instance, Veerman led into Xavi Simons’ first aim with a go to Denzel Dumfries. The trusted collaboration with clubmate Jerdy Schouten additionally ran easily. The query stays how the 2 will fare collectively towards a high nation, similar to France, which can encounter the Dutch within the group stage of the European Championship.
Tijjani Reijnders additionally proved to be a worthy substitute for Frenkie de Jong within the Dutch staff. Throughout the present choice, Koeman might additionally slide into midfield with multifunctional defenders similar to Lutsharel Geertruida and Daley Blind or multifunctional attackers similar to Cody Gakpo and Xavi Simons.
Substitute
Quinten Timber, Marten de Roon and Mats Wieffer, who have been beforehand dropped as a consequence of accidents, weren’t eligible to interchange De Jong. They weren’t recovered in time.
Maatsen was seen as essentially the most stunning dropout from the pre-selection. The 22-year-old Vlaardingen native, who made a giant impression at Borussia Dortmund over the previous six months, even reaching the ultimate of the Champions League, was due to this fact a logical candidate to interchange De Jong.
Nevertheless, Maatsen shouldn’t be a midfielder, however a left again. Nevertheless, he has typically performed in midfield in his profession and presents Koeman a number of choices on the left. From a ship on blue water, Maatsen reported 5 days in the past that he was having a good time elsewhere.
Instagram Ian MaatsenIan Maatsen on vacation
Maatsen results in a gaggle that has made a homogeneous and pushed impression in latest weeks. The dearth of De Jong was compensated for up to now two apply matches with recent faces and good staff performances.
On this method, the lack of De Jong can have a stimulating impact: each participant will get much more of a sense of doing it collectively, as a result of that’s the solely solution to success. The previous presents loads of examples of staff success, particularly after the lack of the star participant.
In 1987 PSV bought Ruud Gullit to AC Milan. A season later, PSV received every thing, together with the European Cup. In 1992, Denmark grew to become European champions with out Michael Laudrup, who had resigned as a consequence of a disagreement with the nationwide coach. A bit of shorter: in 2022, France reached the World Cup remaining with out the injured, indispensable N’Golo Kanté.
By way of staff spirit, the Dutch staff is doing effectively, as Simons made clear: “We’ll miss Frenkie, however we will even do our greatest for him to make it an incredible event. Everyone seems to be completely happy, everyone seems to be trying ahead to it. The sensation that the staff has is incredible. That is a very powerful factor. We’re going for it.”
