Jan Joost van Gangelen and Kees Kwakman think Andries Noppert will survive the pre-selection of the Dutch national team. The goalkeeper of sc Heerenveen has been called up by Louis van Gaal for the first selection and can show himself to the national coach against Ajax on Saturday evening. If Noppert does not do crazy things against the team from Amsterdam, he will be part of the final selection, according to the above two.
Noppert makes an excellent impression in his first weeks as a player for Heerenveen and only allowed one more goal. This makes him the least passed goalkeeper in the Eredivisie. It led, among other things, that he played in the spotlight at Van Gaal. “If Noppert makes five heretics today, I don’t think Van Gaal will call him. But if he just keeps normal, he will call him one hundred percent. He wants to see him. Pasveer will not call them. World Cup,” said Van Gangelen in the Grandstand.
According to the presenter, Jasper Cillessen, Justin Bijlow and Noppert should be the three goalkeepers who survive the first selection. Marciano Vink is also impressed by the goalie of Heerenveen. “What I find very clever about him is that, despite his height, he reaches the ground very quickly,” said the analyst. “Look at Kjell Scherpen, with him you see a certain awkwardness with his body. That lower body that doesn’t quite work together… He (Noppert, ed.) is very fast with his feet and to the ground. I think that’s very clever. “
Kwakman also thinks that Noppert will make it. “I think Frans Hoek and Van Gaal want to see him at work. They know Fleks now. He is a very good boy for the group too. He creates atmosphere. He also has a funny appearance, was always at the training sessions crazy as a door, like most goalkeepers are. He is always in for a joke, but always full house and going for every ball in training. You have to be a little crazy as a goalkeeper? That’s just the way it is. This has been a huge upgrade for Heerenveen,” said Kwakman, who played together with Noppert at NAC Breda.
Penalty specialist
The talk show then shows images of a youth match between Heerenveen against Ajax, in which Noppert managed to stop two penalties. Van Gaal has already indicated during a press conference that he would like to take a penalty specialist with him to the global final tournament. Kwakman: “As the third keeper of the the Dutch squad, you can take a kind of gamble during the World Cup. What do you think they think when he comes into the field? You have to have a certain technique and way of thinking about penalties, of course…”