ronald koemanas a player one of the main characters of the only great title achieved by choosing the NetherlandsEuro 1988, now dreams of winning as a coach of this Nations League where the semifinal will be faced by the ‘oranje’ against Croatia this Wednesday. Netherlands lost in the final of the first edition, in 2019, against Portugal. Spain play their semifinal this Thursday against Italy. The final stage of the Nations League will definitely be played in Netherlands. On Sunday, the final.
It was on June 25, 1988 when the Dutch team beat the then Soviet Union with goals from Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten at the Olympiastadion in Munich. Ronald Koeman, pillar in the ‘oranje’ defense. In 1989 he signed for Barcelona, whose history changed when he scored on May 20, 1992 the goal that gave the Barça club its first European Cup.
But, looking at recent times, coeman He told the media about the Nations League final defeat in 2019, with him on the bench, in his first spell in office: “When we went down in that final, we thought we should have handled it better. It’s like we didn’t . playing for a tournament This is the first edition. Now it is more real and that creates more energy. The training level is very high these days. We want to win this tournament even Croatia They are a tough rival, very difficult to beat, we have to be very good, they have been playing for a long time, they are winners, but if we show the mentality, we will have a good chance”.
The former player of Barcelona and now for the second time the coach of Netherlandss valued that “we can win a trophy in our own country, we have been waiting for it for a long time, but these semifinals are played by four strong teams”.
coeman confirmed that, after the exclusion of Jasper Cillessen, Justin Bijlow this Wednesday the starting goalkeeper match Croatia and despite the return of Andries Noppert after his injury. The Dutch coach did not want to give more details about his plans for this semifinal.
Source: La Verdad
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