Ronald Koeman addressed the Netherlands support after their semi-final exit to England on Wednesday.
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The Netherlands lost 2-1 to England on Wednesday evening after a heartbreaking last minute winner from Ollie Watkins.
Taking to X, Ronald Koeman addressed the supporters, “Our adventure came to a painful end last night in the semi-final, in a match in which our team gave everything. I am proud of this great group of players and staff, who worked together with enormous dedication.
“The support of all the Oranje fans was also unparalleled and overwhelming: wherever we went, they coloured the host cities orange. I want to thank everyone for this wonderful journey, we showed who we are and put the Netherlands back on the map.”
The Netherlands will be back together in September as another Nations League campaign gets underway with ties against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Germany.
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Koeman should give the chance to the younger players in the upcoming matches
I can see the following lineup for the nations league matches
A 3-5-2 formation that is versatile and flexible enough to be converted into a 4-3-3 without any player change during the game:
——————–verbruggen———————-
—-timber———-de ligt———-v.d ven—-
Frimpong-d jong-schouten-koopmeiners-hartmann
————–zirkzee——–gakpo—————-
*********
——————–verbruggen———————-
timber—-de ligt—–v.d ven—-hartmann
————–d jong———schouten————
——————–koopmeiners——————-
Frimpong———-zirkzee————-gakpo
* xavi simons can play instead of koopmeiners though
koeman sucks. he must go
In general, the Netherlands made good performances in the tournament, but some new faces, such as Zirkzee, Summerville, Frimpong, Maatsen, Botman must be given the opportunity. We will continue ever for ever to support the Oranje Squad.
not with koeman still around.
whatever it is koeman time is up. Twice he is the coach and twice he failed in a tournament. Nations league final on home soil and recent Euro. I have no doubt Oranje will win all the Nations league games and WC Qualifying matches from now until 2026 but with Koeman and his stubborn head ..we will not win any tournaments. Now its been 36 yrs since the 1988 victory and we are falling way behind the other top european countries in winning any trophy. We are very good playing football and on our day with full strength we can beat anyone but we are very bad in winning a tournament. The fact that koeman is stubborn & obsessed with 4-3-3 / 4-2-3-1 allthough he do have players that can execute 5-3-2 very well which he should use against France and England and even should switched to it against Austria during the game when we are suffering making we are lost the chance to win. Imagine a 5-3-2 with maatsen/VDV and frimpong/Dumfries , Zikree & any of the fwds, Ake, VVD & Deligt as the 3 DEF. Simons, Reinders & Schouten as the 3 MID. Simply we are going to waste another nations league and WC in the next few yrs if koeman still around.