Alfons Sampsted can go on vacation. In latest days he was away with Iceland for friendlies in opposition to England and the Netherlands. At Wembley, Iceland pulled off a stunt by successful 0-1, however in De Kuip the crew misplaced large to the Dutch: it turned 4-0. Sampsted remained on the bench for ninety minutes in each matches.
On Monday night on the Netherlands – Iceland, FC Twente goal Wout Weghorst, who got here on within the 84th minute, made it 4-0 in harm time. Weghorst additionally scored within the earlier worldwide match in opposition to Canada. Then he scored inside one minute of approaching in its place.
It’s not but recognized when precisely Sampsted will return to FC Twente. The 26-year-old proper again has already had some trip days: he went with the taking part in group to Ibiza instantly after the season. The 21-time Icelandic worldwide then joined the nationwide crew. The primary coaching of the brand new season is scheduled for Wednesday, June 19.
Sampsted will most likely need to make do with a reserve function at FC Twente subsequent season. After the departure of Joshua Brenet he turned a starter, however was quickly faraway from the primary eleven by Youri Regeer. FC Twente is now on the lookout for a brand new first proper again to succeed Brenet.
On the finish of final 12 months, Sampsted was within the beginning line-up in 4 of the six worldwide matches, however he didn’t make a single minute prior to now two worldwide matches. From the bench he noticed Iceland carry out at Wembley final Friday by successful 0-1 in opposition to England, however on Monday night there was no shock: Iceland misplaced 4-0 in opposition to the Netherlands because of targets from Xavi Simons, Virgil van Dijk, Donyell Malen and Wout Weghorst. Iceland completed fourth within the European Championship qualifying group, behind Portugal, Slovakia and Luxembourg, and can due to this fact not take part within the European championship in Germany.
Worldwide and newcomer Sayf Ltaief can even go on vacation. The 24-year-old left winger, who came to visit from FC Basel, was energetic for the Tunisia nationwide crew. Ltaief performed one other half within the World Cup qualifier in opposition to Equatorial Guinea (1-0 win), however couldn’t take part in opposition to Namibia (0-0) resulting from an harm. Nothing is but recognized concerning the severity of the harm. We additionally do not know but when Ltaief will be a part of FC Twente.
