Memphis: “I feel Koeman’s trust and I want to give it back to him”

Memphis Depay forward of the Dutch team, expressed this Sunday the “confidence” he feels Ronald Koeman, his national team coach, and stressed that he still needs to improve in his individual performances, despite his improvement in the last match against Austria, with a 2-3 loss but with a goal of his, which puts him four away from the historical mark of Robin van Persie with 50 points with ‘oranje’.

“I feel his trust and I want to return it. It is appreciated. If I reach my level, I have no doubts. I give everything for the team. The coach’s trust is important,” said the attacker, evaluating his first three games in the club with self-criticism tournament, all of them as a starter, with a goal in the latest against the Austrian team, last Tuesday.

“My best Euro game”

“I agree that this was my best game. At first if I had scored a goal, it could have been better. It could have been better, but I am satisfied. I won the duels. It was good to score a goal,” said of Memphis, that He wasn’t just a finisher, as he recalled, but he “liked to have the ball”, combine and throw deep passes at the speed of his teammates.

First full game since January 31st

“I feel better after having already played 90 minutes,” continued Memphis, who has not played a full duel, with Atlético and his national team, since last January 31, in the 2-1 victory against Rayo Vallecano, with own goal, at the Cívitas Metropolitano stadium in Madrid. He then played for Atlético de Madrid, where he was released on June 30 due to the end of his contract.

“I needed minutes, more games. I am also a player who can decide a game in the last 20 minutes, when the rivals are more tired,” he noted.

Four goals shy of Van Persie’s record

Memphis is “accustomed” to criticism, having been in the Dutch national team for ten years, with whom he played 95 games and scored 46 goals, four away from the Netherlands’ all-time top scorer: Robin Vvn Persie, who achieved 50 between 2005 and 2017, over 102 games.

It was another goal of the attacker, as explained in the press conference, after days of discussion and reflection in the Netherlands, after the 2-3 defeat against Austria which relegated the team to the third position in the group D.

“We have taken stock of what we have to improve. We are in that process. We must learn from mistakes. In a tournament everything is never perfect. It is normal that there is friction, if the result is not achieved,” said the attacker, who highlighted the group’s unity heading into the round of 16.

Dumfries: “It’s important”

“I don’t need to explain why Memphis It is important for selection, but it is. He tells things like they are and is an example for everyone in this group,” said his partner, Denzel Dumfries who also addressed the media and has recovered for Tuesday’s match after not playing against Austria due to muscle discomfort: “It is never pleasant to be on the bench, but I had an overload. I am one hundred percent ready for the game”.