WOLFSBURG, Germany : Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk warned his team needed to make a major improvement or face exiting the European Championship in Germany, as he suggested they may have overestimated their own qualities.
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Euro 2024 - Group D - Netherlands v Austria - Berlin Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany - June 25, 2024 Netherlands' Virgil van Dijk and teammates walk out before the start of the match REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
“I didn't play my best game against Austria. It does affect me, I also think that things overall can and should be better. The whole team didn't run, but I look first at myself. I could have brought much more.” “It was not the tactics where things went wrong. It was mainly the will to win, to win that second ball. You don't have to talk about that with the coaches, the players must do that among themselves. So, we have talked about that...and with harsh words.”“It was rather an eye-opener, but if we continue in the same way, we have no further business here," said Van Dijk.
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