Willem van Hanegem does not have a good word for the performance of the Dutch national team against Turkey. Especially the gaming experience was completely missing, De Kromme saw.
“They walked at their leisure and played the ball wide again and again. What are those guys actually doing?”, An indignant Van Hanegem begins in conversation with ESPN. Before the game, he said that the Orange had a good chance against the Turks. “Of course Turkey has a few nice players, but normally they have to The Netherlands win such a match on their slippers. However, I was completely wrong. “
“I was particularly annoyed by the way the players acted: so at ease, playing the ball wide again and again”, Van Hanegem continues. “Frenkie de Jong immediately lost the first ball and Georginio Wijnaldum did not have it at all. I had the feeling that he (Wijnaldum ed.) Did not like it at all. That was terrible to see. But there was no initiative at all and everything was closed. “
Tim Krul, who replaced Jasper Cillessen injured in the warm-up, gets another swipe from De Kromme’s pan. “Curl didn’t have it. I heard someone say: he only had four balls. Well be happy …” Maarten Stekelenburg not the right replacement for Krul against Latvia next Saturday. “If Onana had not taken that pill, he would not have been under the bar in any game.”
Willem van Hanegem was not impressed by Oranje ????
“Curl only got 4 balls on target, be happy”
— ESPN NL (@ESPNnl) March 25, 2021
