De Ligt was neither there nor expected

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Matthijs de Ligt He arrived at the Eurocup in his best moment, having finally established himself in the axis of the defense of Bayern Munichwhere he started the recently concluded season behind Dayot Upamecano and Kim Min-jae. Quite the opposite of Stefan de Vrijthat despite being the champion of ‘shield‘ with the Inter He added just 1,587 minutes in Serie A, his lowest tally since joining Milan in the summer of 2018 from lazio. An event that can think like that De Ligt, 24 years old, will begin the tournament as a starter. Nothing could be further from reality.


The Dutch coach, Ronald Koemanhas been selected De Vrij as with Virgil van Dijk in the last preparation match, which ended with a 4-0 win Iceland. A bet that the legend of Barça kept in the first three days of the Euro and that, despite the recent KO against Austria (2-3), it looks like it won’t change in the round of 16, against surprising Romania. “I felt I was coming in good shape, I showed it in the second half of the season at Bayern. “I would have liked to continue that streak here, although the competition is tough,” he noted. De Ligtstill unpublished, after 0-0 with France.

Dumfries and Frimpong, return

Despite being, at that time, optimistic, making sure that “what matters” in this type of appointment “is the end” and that his participation depends “on moments during games, injuries or penalties “, the talented central defender. It will continue and continue, except for a big surprise, that the minute counter is zero, because of which changes are expected at eleven of ‘Orange‘is on the right wing, with more than a possible return of Denzel Dumfriesas a lateral, and Jeremie Frimpongmore advanced.

An ostracism despite that fact De Ligt, whose future in Munich is in doubt, continues to gather ‘girlfriends’ around the old continent. The latter, in England, where according to ‘TheAthletic‘His compatriot and former coach awaits him with open arms Erik ten Haagwith whom he kept up Ajax Amsterdam.

“We had difficult conversations.”

At the other end, as far as participation in the Euro Cup is concerned, is the Milanista Rijjani Reijndersstarter in all three games Netherlands in German lands. As he said Van Dijk On Friday, the midfielder acknowledged that “we had difficult conversations, but now we are on the right track, everyone is on the same page.” From passing Romaniaon Tuesday in Munich (6:00 pm), the ‘Orange‘ will face the winner of Austria-Turkey.

Source: La Verdad

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