DBasia.news – The Netherlands national team successfully go to the semifinal round of UEFA Nations League. However, the Netherlands national team defender, Virgil van Dijk, is worried because the main focus of his team is for Euro 2020.
The Netherlands qualified for the semifinal round after the 2-2 match against Germany in the fourth match of League A Group 1 UEFA Nations League at Veltins-Arena, Monday (19/11) local time. One of the Netherlands’ goals was created by Virgil van Dijk during the injury time of the second half.
The additional one point placed the Netherlands as the leader, surpassing France. Despite the same point, Ronald Koeman squad have a better goal aggressivity.
However, the failure to qualify for Euro 2016 and 2018 World Cup still haunting Van Dijk. Won’t brag, he just wants the Netherlands to be able qualifying for Euro 2020.
“It’s a fantastic feeling. We should all be proud of ourselves. I know I am. It’s just a great feeling for all of us,” Van Dijk explained in UEFA’s official website.
“We worked so hard every game and to get rewards for that is fantastic. Hopefully (the future) holds a lot, but we don’t like to look too far ahead. We want to qualify for Euro 2020, that’s the main target.”
“If we can win the Nations League, fantastic, but we all want to make sure we’re at the European Championships and do very well there to make our country proud,” the defender described.
Besides the Netherlands, the other three teams to the semifinal are Portugal, Switzerland, and England. The semifinal will be conducted on June 5th and 6th, 2019.