English press reports revealed that Liverpool star and Dutch national team captain Virgil van Dijk will be the captain of the Dutch fans during the European Championship "Euro 2020", which begins next Friday, despite his exclusion from the list of the Mills national team due to injury.
And the English newspaper "Mirror" reported that the coach of the Dutch national team, Frank de Boer, asked his captain to become an unofficial member of the Mills national team, despite Van Dyck's admission of defeat, in his attempt to regain his fitness before the tournament, after his season was devastated; due to a cruciate ligament injury.
Van Dijk, who became the captain of the Dutch national team in 2018, will continue the final stages of his rehabilitation as his teammates go into the tournament this summer, as the 29-year-old has made such a positive impact in the dressing room that de Boer wanted to be in his squad. during the tournament.
Van Dijk attended the Dutch national team's 2-2 draw with Scotland in a friendly match in Portugal in the middle of the week.
De Boer spoke of his disappointment at Van Dijk's absence and said: "Virgil is very important to this team and he is a huge motivator who has been important to the boys over the past few years.
Van Dijk ruptured the cruciate ligament in his right leg last October, after a strong intervention from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford in the Merseyside derby.
Van Dijk had hoped to return to the field before the end of the season, but he could not even participate with the Netherlands in the Euro.
Van Dijk made his debut for the Netherlands national team in 2015, and played 38 caps for his country.
Comments
Post a Comment