After Steven Berghuis sent a message to national coach Louis van Gaal six months ago to wish him lots of strength in the fight against prostate cancer, he received a response that still visibly affects him.
“Send it back: thank you, I hope you’re ready to be world champion,” Berghuis told Orange media in Qatar. It highlights how Van Gaal has been working for months to show his team that nothing is impossible at the upcoming World Cup.
“The coach is our leader. If he says so, you will believe it,” says Berghuis, who understands that the power of orange is more than just good football players coming together. “Personally, I have very good feelings about my teammates.”
two left feet
At the moment of the press, they join the two left feet because a few days after the birth of his daughter, Nathan Aké is also fully concentrating on football.
National players had a tough day. Adjusting to the Doha heat was going well, with a special meeting with migrant workers on Thursday and a workout they hadn’t had in months.
“The level is definitely high,” Aké says when asked if Manchester City is comparable to what they’re used to. “The density is changing. We had one game every three days at the club.”
Active as the only left-footed defender in the roster and also active for one of the strongest clubs in the world, Aké’s starting spot looks secure three days before its opening game against Senegal. “First of all, I hope I can play. We have a lot of top defenders.”
Aké acknowledges that the chances of playing with the new five-player system have increased significantly. “Yeah, I guess so. You can say that.”
The situation is different in Berghuis, this becomes clear when his position is discussed in Orange. “Are you waiting for Nathan at Base or not me?” before concluding that there is a fierce competition for his positions. she jokes. “I aim for eight or ten.”
Orange and two young fathers hope to be away from home for a long time. Berghuis says his wife has a strong bond with Aké, so the two will keep them together at home when their husbands want to make sports history in Qatar.
They take very little from the soil. Except for a speculative report of possible bribery from the host nation’s first rivals in the same group as Orange, Ecuador. Berghuis: “As naive as I am, I guess: It won’t be like this, will it?”
Berghuis assumes only the good, with Van Gaal playing a major role. “He’s trying to persuade us to believe in this group.”
Source: NOS
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