Van Gaal praises ‘great talent’ Gakpo, but injury could have been prevented

But as much as Van Gaal praises Gakpo’s qualities, love does not blind him. According to him, youthful indiscretion was the basis of the left winger dropping out.

“He is also a young player, so he still has a lot of experience to gain. For example with this injury: if he feels something, he must say so immediately. I wanted to change him 15 minutes before the end, protect him because I know that we have three playing matches and he is an explosive player. But that was five minutes late.”

In those five minutes, Gakpo sustained his injury. Which, according to Van Gaal, could have been prevented.

Zandvoort was also looked at with interest in the Orange camp, where Max Verstappen was the best in the Grand Prix of the Netherlands:

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