Nigel de Jong started as the top football director at the KNVB last year. For the time being, he had not really had any success, as Valentijn Driessen notes in his column. telegram.
According to the sports journalist, De Jong could use the win. “There hasn't been much sporting success under his leadership in the KNVB. He has seen the Dutch team lose in the final four of the Nations League, the Dutch Juniors fail in the group stage of the European Championship, and the Dutch under-19 and under-17 lose the European Championship.”, Driessen writes.
“The Orange women were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, and the same women did not qualify for the Paris Olympics. Then the two best talents (Dean Huissen and Lily Johannes) chose Spain and the USA respectively,” he notes. According to Ajax coach Suzanne Baker, Yohannes has yet to make a final choice.
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Yohannes is on the USA squad for the SheBelieves Cup. The young midfielder could also play for Oranje Leuven. If he plays less than three games, he could theoretically switch to the Dutch team. For this she must have a Dutch passport.
