Ronald Koeman, Like most coaches participating in Euro 2024, he will be waiting for the Champions League final, a match that will be played on June 1 at Wembley and will end the season at club level.
Just two weeks later, on June 14, the Euro Cup kicks off with the opening match between Germany and Scotland at the Allianz Arena in Munich. while ‘oranje’ will debut two days later against Poland Robert Lewandowski in Hamburg.
Only three Dutch in the semi-finals
After the quarter-finals of the Champions League, only three Dutch players have a chance to reach the final at Wembley. Oh Matthijs de Ligt, that along with Bayern Munich they will face Real Madrid in the semis after eliminating Arsenal, and Donyell Malen and Ian Maatsen, two of the members of Borussia Dortmund, who left Atlético de Madrid in the gutter and will now face PSG.
If Bayern and/or Dortmund reach the Champions League final on June 1, De Ligt, Malen or Maatsen will be included a few days late in the call for Koeman to prepare for the Euro Cup.
De Ligt and Malen, permanent
While De Ligt and Malen They will surely include Koeman’s list in their central and forward positions respectively, Maatsen He has options to get in here even though he hasn’t made his debut in the Netherlands senior team yet.
Koeman He was called up for the first time for the Euro Cup qualifying matches against Greece and Ireland in September, but did not get any minutes. In any case Maatsenof Surinamese origin and has been a Netherlands international in the lower categories from U-15 to U-21, at 22 years old he has a chance to participate in the Euro Cup because of his remaining season in Dortmund.
Maatsen, compared to Davies, can go to the Euros
This was confirmed by his performance on Tuesday against Atlético at Signal Iduna Park (4-2), confirming his progress at left-back since he arrived at Dortmund last summer on loan from Chelsea, having already loaned to him at Charlton in recent seasons. ., Coventry and Burnley.
Even Maatsen They compared him to Alphonso DaviesBayern’s left winger, for his offensive projection, speed and dribbling and versatility as he can advance his position without problems if Eden Terzic, The Dortmund coach decided to play with three centre-backs. We need to be helpful if Koeman He finally took it to the Euro Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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