Micky van de Venleft side of Netherlandshe jokingly challenged the British on Monday Bukayo Sakathat he could face in the semifinals of the Euro Cup, and threw a question in the air with a favorable answer in his favor: “Who is faster? Saka or me? If you look at the data, the answer is yours,” he challenged in the press.
The fact is that during the Euro Cup Saka reached a maximum speed of 33.5 kilometers per hour and Van de Ven barely surpassed him after reaching 35.6. However, the possibility that both of them will meet on the pitch is small, because the Tottenham defender, who was overshadowed by Nathan Aké, played only 66 minutes in the five games played by his team.
Afterwards, he was asked if because of his speed he shouldn’t be the starter in the semifinals to stop Saka. Van de Ven spoke well of his teammates: “Saka is a very good footballer, but Aké and Van Dijk also have a lot of speed. I think they can also stop him,” he says.
He also spoke about the difficulty of showing up on the field when the game is so advanced and in moments of pressure, such as the one he had to face to defend a short lead against Turkey in the quarterfinals. Van de Ben went on the field with twenty minutes left: “Depends on the game, but sometimes it’s difficult to get in. But you just have to do what the coach asks. The pace is high, but I’m focused on the outside “he commented.
“If as a reserve you can contribute something every time you come on, fantastic. But everyone wants a starting position. My role now is a substitute and I want to show that I can contribute to the team when I enter the field, ” He added.
Finally, he defined the feelings of the Netherlands after defeating Turkey with so much suffering: “We have come down from the cloud. Now the attention is focused on the next match. We discussed the whole match against Turkey and identified the points to improve. The last minutes were a matter of survival and then we showed our mentality that we can work as a team,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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