Frank de Boer has not yet made a decision on who will defend the goal of the Dutch national team during the European Championship, he indicated in front of the cameras of the Dutch national team after the friendly match against Georgia (3-0 win). NOS. On Sunday evening, Maarten Stekelenburg was preferred, while Tim Krul defended the goal against Scotland (2-2) earlier this week. De Boer will first explain his choice to the relevant players, he said. Theo Janssen is of the opinion that De Boer has long since figured it out, but that he does not want to reveal it.
Due to the disappearance of Jasper Cillessen, the battle between the posts at the Dutch will be between Stekelenburg and Krul, while Marco Bizot acts as third goalkeeper. “Yes, we have three good keepers”, De Boer reacted somewhat cynically to Jeroen Stekelenburg’s observation that he had seen a good goalkeeper against Georgia in the person of Stekelenburg. “I’m going to discuss it this week. We’ll see on Sunday. Sunday is when you see it, I think it’s a good idea that I tell the goalkeepers themselves first.”
According to Pierre van Hooijdonk, it is still a question of who will be under the bar at the Dutch against Ukraine on Sunday. “That game against Scotland with Krul and the game against Georgia with Stekelenburg: that is a draw,” said the analyst. Janssen thinks that De Boer has already made his choice. “I agree with Pierre, but still say Stekelenburg. I heard De Boer say in advance that he is not out yet. That is not possible. He already knows. He already knew before they started this, especially when Cillessen fell away.”
A fat and a rare insufficient in the the Dutch farewell match
Voetbalzone gave the players of the Dutch national team a score after the game against Georgia.
Stekelenburg kept his goal clean against Georgia and saw how Wout Weghorst scored his first goal in the Dutch with the 2-0. “I said to Wout Weghorst when we walked onto the field after the break: ‘Your moment will come’,” said De Boer. “Because I thought he played well, he was playable for the long balls. I had the feeling that he would get his reward and he got it. A striker has to and wants to score goals and it’s great that he got his reward. You have to look carefully at what we need against certain opponents. If we are forced to play the long ball earlier, Wout is an excellent player.”
Marten de Roon was less successful. The midfielder played unhappily and suffered frequent loss of possession. “Let’s assume that Marten de Roon can fill it in well”, De Boer kept a hand above his head. “Some are better at that, such as Frenkie. We had hoped to be able to make the difference with Daley and Frenkie on that side, that did not go well in the first half. In the second half, in my opinion, it went better. But it is true “Occasionally it was unfortunate. We must not forget that he also does a lot of other things well. At Ajax Edson Álvarez couldn’t do anything about it at one point, according to many, those are nice discussions. You have to have someone who can handle the duels especially in the midfield. If you are going to put a football player there, you will lose duel power.”
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