Netherlands is in the quarterfinals of European Cup and with a supposedly easy path to finishing in the semifinals, knowing that they face a team on Saturday Turkey which should be an inferior rival.
The team went through difficulties in their game. Ronald Koeman, which finished third in the group, but is slowly running its course. To a large extent this is understandable. The absence of Frenkie De Jong of the final list before the start of the Euro Cup disrupted the plans of ‘Oranje’. The Blaugrana is important in the system of the game, especially with the ball, which becomes the reference and covers the entire midfield. An elite player with plenty of proven experience with his club and national team.
The situation became more complicated when he also fell out of the last friendship Teun Koopmeinerstherefore Netherlands They had to adjust and find new ball-handling leaders. and it was Tijjani Reijnders the answer here. Koeman gave him the baton of the Dutch team and, although it was difficult for him to enter the duels against Poland and Franceleft a mark in the next two matches Austria and Romaniawhere the best version of it has been seen.
The one from Milan is not exactly the same player De Jong, but they have similarities. The paper is copied. Reijnders He drops in close to the center backs to receive the ball and organize play, as well as being able to break through the lines with a powerful drive to reach more advanced positions. Against Romania, he showed himself to be clairvoyant, playing vertical passes simons either Depayas he ventures in some amazing runs that he can score.
Also free from loss, because the dark work is done by Schouten, where they form a couple that gives a lot of balance to Netherlands. Reijnders, who played in a risky manner on many occasions against Romania, finished the duel with 96% passing accuracy and also won most of the duels. He made contact with the ball 88 times, more than anyone else on the pitch, thus confirming that the future of the Netherlands in the European Championship largely depends on the success of his football.
Source: La Verdad
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