The 22-year-old defender and winger will seek to contribute to the success of the Dutch team/Photo: Netherlands National Team Press
After not having been included in the roster of 26 for the 17th Euro Cupthe selection of Netherlands summoned Ian Maatsen to complete the Dutch team led by the coach Ronald Koeman.
Initially, the 22-year-old left back and winger was part of the 55 preselected, and in the end he was not in the selection but now with the injury of Frenkie De Jong enters the call, and thus the team from this country will be part of group D against Poland, Austria y France with the desire to be in the fight for the title having a track record, which gave said nation the consecration in the edition of 1988.
Committed situation
It is important to highlight that Ian Maatsen will remain in the call for the entire tournament, after the decision that Frenkie De Jong do not dispute the contest.
It is worth highlighting that the statement from the Netherlands Football Federation He indicated the following about this: “Although he was initially expected to be ready to play during the group stage, an examination scheduled yesterday and today showed that the ankle is still not strong enough, so because his recovery will take longer, he said: decided that Frenkie de Jong will not play Euro Cup«.
Recent achievement
Ian Maatsenwho is a member of the Borussia Dortmund He was included in the ideal eleven of the Champions League 2023-2024being elected along with his teammate in the German club, Gregor Kobel, Mats Hummels y Marcel Sabitzer in addition to four figures of the Real Madrid (club that was consecrated monarch) as well as one of the Bayern Munichone of the Manchester City and one of Paris Saint Germain.
Netherlands will fight in Euro Cup in Germanyafter having played four friendlies during the year, in which they won 4-0 in March against Scotland and subsequently fell before Germany for 1-2 four days later clash against the Scots.
Finally the Dutch team recovered on the 6th, beating 4-0 Canada and with similar results dominating the 10 to Iceland.
Written by: Tomás Rincón
2024-06-11 20:10:08
#Ian #Maatsen #joins #Netherlands #roster
