It is such a moment that national coach and players are not exactly looking forward to: the exclamation of the final selection for a final round. The announcement of the selection of Andries Jonker by Armin van Buuren, Roxy Dekker, Frenkie de Jong and Monica Geuze was more spectacular than the expected outcome. Even though the blow will have arrived hard at the ‘Mexican dropouts’ Merel van Dongen (32) and Shanice van de Sanden (32).

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