Ryan Babel experienced a short and unfortunate substitute for the Orange on Sunday-evening in the away game against Bosnia-Herzegovina. The attacker made his entrance four minutes before time as a replacement for Quincy Promes and missed a big chance in injury time to give the Orange a victory. Bee Studio Football it is speculated that 33-year-old Babel may have played his last international match.

When presenter Sjoerd van Ramshorst poses the question whether the 65-time international has played his last minutes for the Orange, Rafael van der Vaart reacts cynically. “No, he took his chance,” he says with a wink. “Babel has been a great player, a great player. But he has had a few chances now and didn’t take it.” Babel got a starting spot on Wednesday-evening against Mexico (0-1 defeat), but did not make a good impression.

“I had the feeling recently that it might be his final exam, but today he fell in”, comments Van der Vaart. He would have liked Babel to score the winning goal in injury time, when a cross from Frenkie de Jong came to his feet around the penalty area through the intervention of goalkeeper Ibrahim Sehic and defender Sinisa Sanicanin. However, the bet flew meters wide of the goal, so the match was deprived of goals.

“Of course you can’t just count him on that chance. But we would have all shot them a little closer to the target”, says Van der Vaart. “You can see the number six in Bosnia (Amir Hadziahmetovic, ed.), Who is four meters off the goal, even bending over.” The broadcast also discusses the performance of another attacker, Quincy Promes. He had a starting spot as a left winger, but played an unfortunate game.

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“You can say very bad”, says Van der Vaart about the performance of Promes. “This is also the case with Ajax. It surprises me that he continues to gain confidence for so long, both at Ajax and at Orange. He has so much quality, but if the form is not there, he falls very far back.” According to the analyst, Promes does not have the ‘certain basis’ that a top player should have: even on bad days you should be able to get ‘a six’ and be of value, says the former midfielder.

“But there is little left for him,” concludes Van der Vaart. Table mate Pierre van Hooijdonk thinks that Promes should fear for his basic place. On Wednesday-evening, the Orange squad will play against Italy and the vanguard will probably look different. Memphis Depay returns from a suspension, while Steven Berghuis also claims a base spot with good performances against Mexico and Bosnia-Herzegovina. “I don’t think De Boer can ignore Berghuis anyway. He will join the team on Wednesday.”