Ronald Koeman did not score any bonus points on Sunday evening with his exchange policy. The national coach of the Dutch national team decided to apply a few defensive switches on a visit to Lithuania (2-3 victory).
Changing policy Ronald Koeman is bad at ESPN
Hans Kraay Jr. started with a positive note afterwards. “You know, I am quite a fan of Koeman, because I know that the determining players eat from his hand. They just think he is fantastic as a national coach, tactically strong and no screamer,” said the reporter annex analyst of ESPN.
However, the raid of Matthijs de Ligt was bad. “You are not going to play with three central defenders in the last seven or eight minutes. Then you call it all over yourself. You better put an attacker and put them under pressure. Now you let the Lithuanian hoos come over you.”
“We have been hyperventilating for seven minutes against Lithuania. That is the summary of this evening. It’s terrible,” Sombert Kraay. “I see De Ligt and I think: who broke his leg. Ronald Koeman will say afterwards: we have to pull the game over the line. But I think you pull it over the line earlier if you are full for the 2-4.”
Milan van Dongen hooks up: “It also does something with sentiment if you start an extra defender.” Kraay: “If you would tell me before the game: do you know what we are going to do, in the last ten minutes we will play with five defenders. Then I say: what did you eat, are you sniffing of the rats?”
