Rafael van der Vaart. /
“I already told you that it would have been better for the Netherlands to meet Spain at the crossroads,” says the former Dutch footballer
Many Spanish fans were waiting for Rafael Van der Vaart after the elimination of the Netherlands at the hands of the Czech Republic. The former Dutch footballer harshly criticized the game of the Spanish team in the first two days of the Eurocup and wished that Luis Enrique’s team would be the rival of the ‘Oranje’ in the round of 16.
To justify the elimination of his team, he launched a dart at the Spanish in his Twitter account:
“I already told you that it would have been better for the Netherlands to meet Spain at the crossroads”.
Although he said it in a joking tone, as he confessed, he wanted to be critical of the performance of the Dutch team, from which much more was expected at this European Championship: “Jokes aside, horrible performance by the Dutch team. The Czechs fully deserved the victory ‘.
I told you it would have been better for NL to meet Spain in the knockouts ????.. All jokes aside, horrible performance from the Dutch team yesterday, the Czechs completely deserved the win. ????
Rafael van der Vaart (@rafvdvaart) June 28, 2021
After the first two days of the European Championship, in which Spain drew with Sweden (0-0) and Poland (1-1), Van der Vaart commented in a sports gathering on Dutch television NOS that the game of the Spanish team it was “horrible” and it was unable to give an assist. In addition, he wanted La Roja to be the Netherlands’ rival in the second round because he would be “a good rival.”
His words disappointed the Spanish fans and several players on the Spanish team and received a response from two of the captains: Sergio Busquets and Koke. With the win against Slovakia, Spain qualified for the round of 16 but by the way of the opposite table to the Netherlands, with which they could only have faced in a hypothetical final.
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