The identity of the Dutch goalkeeper for the opening match of the World Cup on Monday against the Senegal continues to be a very well-kept secret and highly anticipated by fans, since the coach louis van gaal he hides his cards.
However, whoever gets the role against Senegal will be extremely inexperienced after the snub from Jasper Cillessen, who most Dutch football pundits think will be Qatar’s first choice.
Instead, Van Gaal surprised by selecting three goalkeepers with a total of eight caps between them, continuing the uncertainty that has marked his selection in goal since he returned for a third time in charge of the national team last year .
It is believed that Remko Pasveer (Ajax) will play Monday’s game. He won his first cap at the age of 38 when the Netherlands beat Poland in September and kept his place for the next match against Belgium, the organje’s last before the World Cup.
Pasveer was originally signed by Ajax as a replacement goalkeeper, but joined the team when they lost their two main goalkeepers to suspension and injury, and is now at the top in his own right.
Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord) He was another of Van Gaal’s targets in his first six games in charge, but he has not featured in the nine games played since. Y Andries Noppert (Heerenveen) is the other goalkeeper in the team.
In the 15 games Van Gaal has taken charge of since taking over from Frank de Boer as manager, he has also brought on Bundesliga player Mark Flekken four times and Cillessen twice.
Cillessen, 33, was Netherlands goalkeeper at the 2014 World Cup, with Van Gaal on the bench, but after 66 caps his star has faded. Van Gaal said of the ex-Barcelona and ex-Valencianista that he was not fit at NEC Nijmegen when asked to explain the omission from the list and former teammate Rafael van der Vaart, now a TV pundit, suggested that Cillessen is “little equipment. “. “Either make him the starting goalkeeper or don’t call him,” he added.
Van Gaal also hinted at the same thing. “You don’t always choose the best player but the best team player, in my opinion. Because we have to be together for five weeks.”
Source: La Verdad
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