The criticism of the Dutch national team and national coach Frank de Boer after the elimination by the Czech Republic in the eighth finals of the European Championship is allowed. The entrance of Quincy Promes for Donyell Malen was also added on Sunday evening The the Dutch Summer discussed, just like the performance of Matthijs de Ligt and the choices of De Boer. Johan Derksen is curious whether De Boer will attach consequences to the elimination in the eighth finals of the European tournament.
“A moderate change”, judged René van der Gijp in the television program. “I would always let Memphis Depay and Donyell Malen play up front. That’s a lot of speed. And you get more space because the Czech Republic thinks they can play higher against ten men. Then you could have just played 4-3-2.” Derksen didn’t understand it anyway. “In the first place, I did not understand why Promes was in the selection. And that he came in, with Steven Berghuis on the couch. He had a great season at Feyenoord and Promes showed nothing for a whole season.”
Wilfred Genee refuted that and emphasized that Promes had ‘done reasonably well’ in Russia in the final phase. Derksen: “Yes, but I would like to see those messages from Russia. I always hear he plays great there. If the top four players let you down and Denzel Dumfries is your best man, there’s something wrong with your team.” Van der Gijp thought that De Ligt has changed since his departure from Ajax. “At Ajax he was much calmer. He has gone wild. He has also become very wide. At Ajax he was also calmer on the ball. Now it has just become a kind of gorilla running wild on the field. Sin man.”
Derksen called De Ligt’s handball ‘a panic reaction’. “He realized he was the last man. Then if you slip, intentionally making hands is the dumbest thing you can do.” Bas Nijhuis thought it was a justified punishment for the the Dutch international. “It’s very sour. He falls a little clumsily and then gives that tap. If he doesn’t, his opponent just keeps walking and it’s a clear scoring opportunity,” the referee present analyzed. “It could have gone the other way if De Ligt had been given a push, but that was really not the case here. For me there is nothing wrong with it. Just red.”
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Derksen is curious whether De Boer will attach consequences to the elimination in the eighth finals. “His credit is slowly running out now. He built that up at Ajax, of course he did well there. But if you fail in Italy, in England, in the United States and also with this assignment, you fail. . . They couldn’t have faced easier opponents. We’ve seen what it has led to his sticking to his own ideas.” Derksen believes that the KNVB should ask whether De Boer still has support to continue as national coach.
Van der Gijp also questioned Maarten Stekelenburg’s performance. “He didn’t look good with the first goal.” Derksen: “But didn’t we say that he is an elderly keeper who has been a substitute keeper for five years? That first ball was just a blunder. The timing was completely wrong and that second one was not untenable. There was an old, ramshackle man on target with us.”
The conclusion at the table was that the elimination is a shame in Dutch history. “De Boer has no powers of persuasion either. He will immediately explain why we are disabled and there is no rope to tie. That boy has a fantastic background as a football player, but when I look at him now as the national coach of the Dutch national team. . . Does he know so much about it?”
Dick Advocaat was asked whether he had also contributed Promes. “He could have brought Promes, he could have brought Berghuis”, replied the former national coach. “However, he could also have continued to play 4-3-2, with those two fast guys in the front. Did I get Malen off? I always find it so difficult to say. As a coach, you look at that game very differently. He could have left Malen and went on to play 4-3-2 How would Berghuis have done on the right side He also has the last ball and the goal Anyway, the decisive players were not there There were four or five Then it gets difficult.”
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