After captain Van Dijk, too Joey Veerman I’m sorry. The PSV and AC Milan midfielderHolland he didn’t have a good feeling on the pitch in Germany’s European Championship debut against Poland. Far from it: “I was too disorderly in the first half. The balls I wanted to pass between the lines kept getting stuck. It didn’t go well. I don’t know what caused it. Was it due to tension or pressure? Not I have no idea”, he declared to the microphones of De Telegraaf at the Volksparkstadion.
Coach Koeman started Veerman as a starter, but then called him back to the bench after just 62 minutes of an hour’s play: “In the second half I think I took it better (the match, ed.), but I already had a yellow card against me name. By the way it wasn’t a yellow. First I touched the ball and then I hit his foot”, the polemical comment of the 25-year-old Dutch player.
Since the victory against Poland, the PSV player immediately focused on the next arduous match against France 2018 World champion: “We had many opportunities, even many outplays. It would be worse if we didn’t create them. If we manage to take this result with us and become a little more precise, also in the finishing and in the choices we make for this and in passing, I think it could be a good match.”