De Jong warned that he will not start the next match against the Dutch team

Frenkie de Jongmidfielder FC Barcelonareturned to play in Amsterdam with the Dutch team 433 days later in the first 68 minutes of the match that ended with a thrashing of the Hungarian team (4-0) to confirm the qualification for the quarterfinals of the Nations League. The 27-year-old midfielder returned to start for the Netherlands after his injury spell and, although he received praise for his level of play on Saturday, he confirmed that in the next match against Bosnia Herzegovina he will not will begin, while Dutch coach Ronald Koeman announced that the Blaugrana will not play 90 minutes of the second game. In the words to USDe Jong offered a somewhat ambiguous message, as he felt “happy” to play again for ‘Oranje’, he spoke about how expensive the process of recovering from his injuries to his right ankle was -ankle, after returning to the field recently after about half an hour. year of inactivity. “Normally I had the feeling of getting back to my level pretty quickly after an injury. That’s different now, I have more after-effects. It’s still sensitive at certain times, but I also need to regain the confidence that I can do certain things. That’s just It is achieved by playing games, I hope the pain will go away on its own,” he said before pointing out that his presence will gradually make him bigger. “I just have to play and train. . So I hope to be fit and feel better. The form will come back naturally,” he predicted.

Regarding his much-lauded return to the national team, he admitted “very much looking forward to it happening.” “It’s been a long time. I’m really looking forward to it. Playing for the national team is a great honor. The longer the process, the more you wait for it,” he said.

With that mindset of measuring efforts, De Jong announced that although he will travel to Sarajevo, where the Dutch team will play Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday, he will give himself a break. “I will not start the next game, but if everything goes well, I will continue like this,” he commented.

Before the game against Hungary, coach Ronald Koeman spoke about Frenkie de Jong’s situation and warned that he will not play two full games, after being substituted at half-time in his last game at Barça, against Real Sociedad, after having who received a blow to the tibia.

De Jong, therefore, enjoyed on the one hand a tournament with the Dutch team that has not taken place since September 10, 2023 in Dublin against Ireland, in a qualifying match for Euro 2024 (1-2), and on the other on the other hand he warned that although he will “remain in the national team”, he will not start the “next game”. and like the footballer himself, they are gradual in their reintegration into the dynamics of the competition on the horizon, as expressed by the footballer himself, of “form that returns naturally while playing and training”.