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Brazil is the dream: ‘These guys have rewarded themselves’
UTRECHT – “It was a childhood dream come true”, playmaker Jelle Threels explains with the help of the interpreter. The Dutch national team with deaf footballers recently qualified for the Deaflympics in Brazil after a blistering play-off against Sweden. “Joy, tears, it was indescribable.” The deception was all the greater when the KNDSB (Deaf SportBond) reported afterwards that there are no finances and the football team cannot travel at the end of April. Fortunately, support is now coming from all corners.