Justin Bijlow does not count on a delayed invitation to the Dutch national team. The goalkeeper excelled in the service of the Dutch Juniors on Monday evening in the quarterfinals of the European Championship against France (2-1 win); a day later it was announced that Jasper Cillessen will not stay with Frank de Boer’s selection due to a corona infection. Marco Bizot moved on as third goalkeeper behind Maarten Stekelenburg and Tim Krul. If another goalkeeper would drop out before or during the tournament, De Boer can choose to bring Bijlow into the group.
“I am now working with the Dutch Juniors. That has been the case since I am fit and play again”, Bijlow assures us on Tuesday evening in conversation with the Algemeen Dagblad. He is currently not thinking of a place in the ‘big’ the Dutch. “If it were, then with all love of course”, adds the Feyenoord goalkeeper. That some see him as the future goalkeeper for the Dutch, he thinks is ‘nice to hear’. “I have to show it. If I continue to perform well, I hope that I will be there soon. Everyone wants the highest possible, that is the great the Dutch.”
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National coach Erwin van de Looi prefers Bijlow to stay with the Dutch Juniors. “It seems to me very good for Justin to keep those matches here. Otherwise he will go there and he will not score. He has played few games this season anyway. I think it is very good for him to goal, and for us too. by the way “, he indicates. De Boer announced at a press conference on Tuesday that he currently thinks Bizot is a better option than Bijlow, but that an appeal for the latter cannot be ruled out entirely.
“We had already told Bizot that he was the first reserve and Bijlow has also been injured a lot in recent months”, said the national coach of the Dutch national team, who knows that participants in the European Championship may change a goalkeeper during the final round. an injury or positive corona test. “That is why I also told Cillessen that there is still a possibility that we will end up with him again if he gets fit and another goalkeeper leaves us. But if he is not fit, then we can also end up with Bijlow.”
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