Author: AD

The road to the ultimate dream that national team coach Stanley Menzo must realize begins on Sunday evening at the Yanmar Stadium in the city of Almere. Suriname drew 1-1 with Martinique in a friendly match. “I had tasted it then and now I want more.” Source link

Debby Gerritsen weet raad als het gaat over de liefde, lust en relaties. Dit keer beantwoordt ze de vraag van vader Sander die zich verbaast over zijn dochter die alle riskante gezondheidsmethodes en -middelen van TikTok als normaal beschouwt.

The continued struggles of Harvey Simmons (20) in orange are starting to become a bit of a mystery. Players who are absolute sensations in the Bundesliga rarely achieve passing results in the Dutch national team. How can this be? Source link

Five years ago, Hans Nijland (63) said he was “unsuited” to become policy maker at the KNVB. Now the former Groningen FC boss is vying with police chief Frank Pau for the association’s chairmanship. “It tickles me, you probably know that.” Source link

The question remains whether Dean Bonjaski can have a great top-flight sporting career like his father. But the 14-year-old son of former kickboxer and AD columnist Remy Bonjasky has already taken the first step. Dean will play for West Ham United. Source link

They didn’t want to take the bus to Frankfurt. That seems crazy. As long as the players from the 1974 World Cup were willing to accept the invitation to come to Frankfurt, the KNVB didn’t care. They did it. “It’s a good thing for the association.” Source link

De coassistent van huisarts Rutger Verhoeff heeft het benauwd. Hij hoort bij zijn patiënt met de stethoscoop weinig, terwijl meneer Bolkestein toch echt zichtbaar naar adem hapt. Maar dan ontdekt de huisarts wat er mis is.

Columnist Hugo Bost doesn’t think Ronald Koeman’s comments about Xavi Simons are of much use. “If you sack an adult football player who you select as a ’20 or 21-year-old boy’ after poor performance, you exacerbate the problem.” Source link

The Dutch national team begins practice against Germany in Frankfurt on Tuesday night with poor statistics. The Dutch team played against Germany and then West Germany 45 times. Twelve of the meetings were successful and sixteen ended in failure. Most mutual meetings (seventeen) ended in ties. Source link

Exactly eight years ago today, Johan Cruyff, widely regarded as the best Dutch footballer of all time, died at the age of 68. Ajax commemorated the club icon with a photo on social media, with the appropriate caption: “Probably immortal, in a way.” Source link