The Orange played on Wednesday-evening in the Johan Cruijff ArenA with a 1-1 draw against Spain. Denzel Dumfries came in as a substitute after the break and was involved in the two greatest opportunities that the Dutch national team missed to take the victory. NOSanalysts Rafael van der Vaart and Pierre van Hooijdonk are enthusiastic about Dumfries’ performance against Spain.

With twenty minutes to go, Dumfries put the ball wide on Depay, who took the leather and saw his effort being turned from close by the Spanish goalkeeper Unai Simon. “He shoots that ball back over the ground, causing the ball to bounce. Because of that bounce, Memphis has to control the ball and he loses speed. It was a great attack ”, Van Hooijdonk analyzes the opportunity for Depay.

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“The power and energy, that’s wonderful. At one point he put a great block (after an hour of play on a shot by Álvaro Morata, ed.), Into which he threw all his heart and soul into it. He fought beautiful duels on that side and actually won them all. He also had an offensive contribution ”, the former striker continues about Dumfries’ game. The fullback of PSV could also have received an assist on Luuk de Jong. Dumfries served the Sevilla striker, who needed too much time and was ultimately unable to lash out.

“That ball on Luuk de Jong was too soft. Then people will say: ‘Luuk de Jong should do more with that’. But if this ball is given tight, it is much, much easier for Luuk de Jong. Dumfries is actually doing everything right, but there is still one small thing missing ”, says Van Hooijdonk. He is also impressed by Dumfries’ power in the air. “He also heads back a number of corners.”

“What I love about him: he’s not afraid to make mistakes, to go somewhere, to be in pain somewhere. You just need that in defense. That ball he blocks, the two of us had thought: let it go, let it shoot. He dives for it, it doesn’t matter to him whether there are fifty thousand people here or no one at all. He always goes for it ”, Van der Vaart is also full of praise. “If he gets better in that last phase, then he ends up at Real Madrid or Barcelona. I don’t expect that either. ”