Van Basten: “De Ligt at Juve hasn’t learned anything”

The European Championship has a new qualifier for the round of 16: after Italy, in fact, the Netherlands also enrolled in the final phase of the tournament, and did so by beating Austria 2-0. On the sidelines of the match, former Dutch footballer Marco Van Basten spoke to NOS about the national team: “If we look at how many times Stekelenburg has to kick the ball, this is not a good thing. So it becomes a kind of combat football. From behind you need to have more vision and control to advance while playing football: so you can dominate the game. But I haven’t seen it so far. “

Harsh words, to which is added the criticism of Juventus central Matthijs De Ligt, who returned to the field last night after missing the first game: “He is a central defender and must convey more leadership. He must make himself heard, assert himself because he must lead defense. Instead he just runs after his man, leaving a huge hole. De Ligt went to Italy to learn how to defend, but I don’t think he learned much there. ” In the meantime, speaking of Juve, watch out for the latest sensational news on the market: possible surprise hit, a new negotiation opened! <<

Gianluigi Buffon, Parma goalkeeper since yesterday, talked about his years at Juventus: “Champions finals lost? I always try to learn from the best, regretfully I can have the first final lost against Milan. We lost it on penalties, I saved two. but we missed three all the same, that was the game that gave us a few more regrets. In the other two we were clearly underdogs, with Barcelona we deservedly lost even though we returned to the game, but they were stronger. we understood the strength of Real Madrid, which was devastating. We went there with too much confidence, too much belief in ourselves. The regret was that we fell apart. Losing it 4-1 was disheartening, it really hurt me. strong ever? I’m not saying this to exalt myself, maybe I give some ideas that can make us think. A person asked me: “But do you think you were the strongest of all?” and I replied that I didn’t care. the most adapt or, I was certainly not the weakest. “