Frank de Boer’s Dutch team disappointed on Sunday evening when visiting Bosnia & Herzegovina in the Nations League. The Orange got no further than a 0-0 draw and made anything but a strong impression. According to Valentijn Driessen, the national coach has made a number of tactical mistakes, including the failure of Steven Berghuis.

“Steven Berghuis showed that Frank de Boer has made a huge mistake,” says the football chief in a video on the website of The Telegraph. De Boer chose Donyell Malen on the right flank and Driessen calls that ‘an error of judgment’. “Only when Berghuis came in did things start to run smoothly. Then there was more threat. ” Driessen believes that the Orange should have scored at least against the number fifty in the FIFA world rankings. “And actually you just have to win. Those Bosniaks received a massive mental blow against Northern Ireland last Thursday. They have been eliminated for the European Championship and played football for 120 minutes. They now actually came with a refined B-team: seven people from the base against Northern Ireland were missing. ”

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Driessen argues that the Orange should have won against Bosnia & Herzegovina. “Then you would also have had a chance to win that Nations League group. Because that will now be a very difficult story ”, thinks Driessen, who fears major consequences. “And that means that you will not get into that final group, and that tournament would be played in the Netherlands. And you will probably end up in a worse pot at World Cup qualifying. Then you might find a very good country again. Then you also have to wait and see whether you will make it to the World Cup in 2022. ” According to Driessen, the consequences could be ‘disastrous’. “With regard to the Nations League but also the World Cup. If this continues, with the negative sentiment on social media, among the analysts and the writing media, it could be a difficult period for Frank de Boer as national coach. Then you may have to conclude that Ronald Koeman – with his golden cock – left exactly on time. ”

According to Driessen, De Boer has gone the wrong way. “Against Mexico I can still imagine that you want to save players. But these were just wrong tactically choices. If you put Luuk de Jong in the forefront then there must be crosses, ”he says. “With Malen on the right being asked to come in and Promes on the left, who really didn’t hit the ball well, the front gets so full, it’s easy to defend. The backs, Blind and Dumfries, did not come through well and their crosses did not arrive. By making your own tactical choices, you completely eliminate your best player, Luuk de Jong. ”