Watch Van der Vaart and Van Hooijdonk see a mistake in the Dutch team: ‘Not good for Koeman’ – Belgium Trending News

Pierre van Hooijdonk and Rafael van der Vaart see that Bart Verbruggen was not convincing against Ireland, despite the fact that he managed to keep a clean sheet. That has everything to do with a ricochet by the goalkeeper after an hour of play.

Verbruggen made a mistake for the Dutch team after an hour of play. The goalie suddenly let Adam Idah’s shot slip. The ball then turned out to have just crossed the goal line, but the 1-1 did not appear on the scoreboard: the goal was disallowed for offside. “This is not nice, not even for Koeman,” Van Hooijdonk said afterwards to NOS.

“He has now chosen Verbruggen, for the time being. He has had nothing to do in this match. Then you get one shot like that… It doesn’t count, but it’s just not nice,” says Van Hooijdonk. Van der Vaart agrees with that. “He just got away with it well. This was a moment where I thought: ooh. I have always said: the Van der Sars and Stekelenburgen are not there now, so it is a lot of searching. I think Bijlow is the very best, but I also understand that you want stability and choose Verbruggen.”