After PSV and Feyenoord, NEC is currently the best football team in the Netherlands, according to Henk de Jong. The 59-year-old coach of SC Cambuur will play against the Nijmegen team in the semi-final of the TOTO KNVB Cup on Tuesday evening and is full of praise for the level of the opponent. “I really think they are that good and we don't even need to talk about the individual class they have in all lines,” said De Jong on the club website.

The Frisians and NEC will decide on Tuesday evening who will be the first club of this season to participate in the final of the TOTO KNVB Cup. De Jong is looking forward to the meeting in the Cambuur Stadium.

“It's great to see how this match is happening and the media attention is only good for the club,” the trainer notes.

“There were also over a thousand supporters at the training on Sunday. That was fantastic.” Cambuur lost 2-0 to FC Emmen last Friday, but the playing group and De Jong put that behind them. We can now look at NEC, which makes a big impression on the trainer.

“If I look purely at football, I think it is currently the best football team in the Netherlands after PSV and Feyenoord. I really think they are that good and we don't even have to talk about the individual class they have in all lines,” De Jong continues. “But crazier things have happened in football.”

NEC

Rogier Meijer will post Jasper Cillessen under the NEC crossbar on Tuesday evening, the trainer announced on Monday afternoon. Omroep Gelderland. Robin Roefs is therefore forced to move to the bench and that is a hard blow for the 21-year-old goalkeeper, who has kept all cup matches this season.

“This is the first time in 25 years that this club can reach a final. Then I think the first goalkeeper should keep goal,” Meijer said. “Robin wasn't cheering. He was disappointed.” The people of Nijmegen have to make do in Friesland without Dirk Proper. His injury is too serious to play with. The first semi-final of the TOTO KNVB Cup starts on Tuesday evening at 8:00 PM.

More sports news