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Jesse Wieten
editor of the Dutch national team
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Jesse Wieten
editor of the Dutch national team
So this period – the Netherlands meet today for Nations League matches against Hungary (Friday) and Germany (Monday) – will be interesting too.
Tijjani Reijnders, Joshua Zirkzee and Ryan Gravenberch stood out last time. Who will stand out this week and who will be in the lead?
Farewell to veterans
With a (temporary) farewell to Georginio Wijnaldum and Marten de Roon, the final farewell to Daley Blind, hoping for a full recovery from Frenkie de Jong and waiting for the resurrection of Memphis Depay, not many familiar names from recent years present. .
Reserve captain Nathan Aké was present in the previous period, but retired in the last game against Germany. The Manchester City defender is absent. Captain Virgil van Dijk and Denzel Dumfries from the ‘old’ guard will report to Zeist today.
Who can take a new step to hierarchy? National coach Ronald Koeman himself mentioned Cody Gakpo. A logical name based on his performance at the Dutch team, but at Liverpool the Eindhoven native is not sure.
The times of Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Koeman are long behind us, as are those of Clarence Seedorf, Edgar Davids, Dennis Bergkamp, Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder and Robin van Persie. At that time, Dutch internationals were decisive in Europe. Apart from Van Dijk, which of the current Dutch players is guaranteed at a top club in Europe’s top competition?
Time for Koopmeiners at the Dutch team
Xavi Simons is a regular at RB Leipzig, Reijnders has been showing it for a while at AC Milan, Teun Koopmeiners is becoming more of a gentleman at Juventus, Gravenberch has been impressive at Liverpool recently , Micky van de Ven is doing that at Tottenham Hotspur and is up to Jurrien Timber to do the same at Arsenal.
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The 26-year-old Castricummer was often a blank in the Dutch team, but he is now at the age of a leading role and now has a major club behind his name. That counts in terms of status in a group of Dutch international players. For Koopmeiners it will be a reunion with the Dutch team after losing the European Championship.
Zirkzee and Brobbey seek confirmation
Strikers Zirkzee and Brian Brobbey have been given a big confidence boost after the last two internationals last month: both strikers are failing to score at club level.
After the recent international break, Koeman revealed that after selecting Zirkzee against Bosnia and Herzegovina (5-2) and the opportunity for Brobbey against Germany (2-2), he to play with a permanent striker in the next two games. Zirkzee or Brobbey?
Zirkzee cannot distinguish himself at Manchester United and coach Erik ten Hag has been posted on the bench in the last three games. It raises the question of whether a move from Bologna to United was wise, and the Italian club AC Milan was also interested.
Brobbey are dry in the Premier League this season. In short, Zirkzee and Brobbey offer no certainty up front despite their strong performance last time out.
For example, Depay can still carry the hope of Brazil on the way to full fitness and the hope is Wout Weghorst who is now absent, as confirmed again yesterdayalways ready to step in.
Zirkzee and Brobbey must fight for their place, just like Koopmeiners, Gravenberch, Reijnders, Quinten Timber and everyone else must continue to do so. You have to earn a higher place in the pecking order.
2024-10-06 22:13:10
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