Several Dutch journalists see Joey Veerman as the absolute standout during the first half of the practice match between the Dutch national team and Iceland. Halfway through, the Dutch team leads 1-0 in De Kuip thanks to a goal by Xavi Simons.

Simons scored his first goal in the the Dutch shirt on Monday evening. The attacking midfielder needed fourteen international matches to find his liberating goal. The initiator was Denzel Dumfries, but the pass towards Dumfries was the best moment of the attack. The ball came from Veerman.

Halfway through, the journalists and analysts were very pleased with the performance of the PSV midfielder.

“Iceland will melt if Joey Veerman can find his teammates at the front,” concludes journalist Rik Elfrink. “The PSV football chief now seems to really be playing in the current European Championship starting XI of the Dutch team. It could hardly be otherwise.”

Jeroen Kapteijns also says via X that he enjoyed Veerman. “The standout in the first half was Joey Veerman. The PSV player created a lot of threat with his passing.”

At the same time, Pierre van Hooijdonk also appears in front of the camera NOS know to be impressed by the midfielder.

“Verman's passing is fantastic. This goal is thirty percent Veerman, thirty percent Dumfries and then it is great that Xavi is there. Those balls behind the last line are what the Netherlands had trained for and that turned out great,” said Van Hooijdonk.

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