Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman insists he still has faith in Matthijs de Ligt after his mistake allowed Edin Dzeko to score in Saturday’s 5-2 rout of Bosnia.
The mistake saw the Manchester United centre-back heavily criticised but Koeman revealed he will be playing against Germany on Tuesday.
“We’ve talked about it,” Koeman told reporters at the ทางเข้า https://ufabet999.app Arena.
“He didn’t take the right step. It was a bad moment for a defender. You have to learn from it. It’s clear that moments like this need improvement.
Disappointing positioning from De Ligt had played Demirovic onside, while the Man Utd centre-back was guilty of ball-watching as Edin Dzeko made it 3-2 on 73 minutes before Weghorst and Simons’ late goals secured the Nations League points for the Netherlands.
Speaking about Demirovic’s goal in the first half, Netherlands boss Koeman said: “Xavi Simons should have done better. He was marking their left midfielder and suddenly walked away from him.
“Of course, the centre-backs are positioning themselves wrong too.”
When asked if he was concerned by the performance of Man Utd defender De Ligt, Koeman replied: “He himself realises that he was in the wrong position.
“But we shouldn’t be too dramatic about it, we shouldn’t try to highlight it too much.”