You should know this about the first period of Orange, with Ronald Koeman as the new national coach
The 2022 World Cup is over for the Netherlands. In the quarterfinals, the Dutch were eliminated by Argentina on penalties. accompanying, the period of national coach Louis van Gaal is over. He hands over the baton to Ronald Koeman. What did the previous period look like for the Dutch national team?
New national coach Orange
Koeman starts his 2nd period as national coach of the Netherlands. He was in charge from 2018 to 2020, until he got the chance to train FC Barcelona. After he was established there, he remained without club or country. Until January 1, 2023, when he starts again as our national coach.
Koeman himself played 78 international matches and played for all the traditional top clubs in the Netherlands. He also coached those clubs – Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV – all of them. Koeman also played for FC Barcelona and FC Groningen.
Coming period Netherlands
Now that the World Cup is over for the Netherlands, the focus is on qualifying for the European Championship 2024. On March 24, 2023, the Netherlands will play the 1st European Championship qualifying match against France. The other countries in the group are Gibraltar, Ireland and Greece. Denzel Dumfries is there against France not atbecause of the red card he received in the game against Argentina.
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Setup
Koeman started his previous period with a line-up of 5 defenders, but switched to 4-3-3 after a few games.