In addition to Denzel Dumfries, who dropped out due to an injury, Justin Kluivert was also missing from the training field. The midfielder has suffered minor complaints from the match in Poland and is completing his own recovery program in the gym.
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Furthermore, all internationals went onto the training field with national coach Ronald Koeman and his staff, including Jan Paul van Hecke. Due to the yellow card he received as a substitute in the final phase in Warsaw, De Zeeuw will not be available on Monday against Lithuania in the Johan Cruijff ArenA (starting at 8:45 PM), but will remain with the group.
Earlier this international match, Koeman saw Wout Weghorst drop out due to an injury and Quilindschy Hartman due to illness. Without Dumfries and Van Hecke, the national coach still has 22 available players on Monday, because he called up Weghorst striker Emmanuel Emegha as a replacement. The tall attacker from the French RC Strasbourg made his international debut in the final phase against Poland.
The Dutch team will train in Zeist on Sunday, after which the match against Lithuania is scheduled for Monday. After the 1-1 draw in Poland, the Dutch team has unofficially qualified for the World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. The Netherlands enters the final round with a three-point lead and a goal difference that is nine goals better and can only be displaced from first place with a defeat against Lithuania and a monster score from Poland in Malta.