Holland with rebus modulo, Sheva does not fear her

Absent from Euro 2016 and then also from the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Holland returns to tread the most prestigious football stages. He does so by making his debut in his stadium, the Johan Cruijff Arena, against the Ukraine of the former AC Milan star Andryi Shevchenko, the man who, as a coach, has revitalized his national team by giving it that quick and lively game that it did not have before, in contrast with Ukraine closed and physical (even too much) of previous years. The Gialloblù, in the last few days at the center of the controversy for alleged 'political' purposes of their jersey, in the preliminary rounds of Euro 2020 preceded the reigning champion Portugal, and is a calling card for which the orange technician, Frank De Boer , will have to take adequate countermeasures.His compatriots did not welcome him well on the bench of the selection, due to that form, the 3-5-2, contrary to the offensive tradition of Dutch football, and he has been controversial since the first day as coach of the former Inter coach , who did not last long in the Nerazzurri. Meanwhile today, while the Netherlands were training, a plane hired by a wealthy fan flew over the Zeist technical center, dragging a banner with an inscription inviting the technician to go back to basics: "Frank, only 4-3-3". "Thanks for the advice, but I will not change", the response of a De Boer who when he coached Ajax made his team play spectacular football but then changed his mind and is now awaited at the gate. Today De Boer, in addition to confirming the scheme, gave two indications:De Ligt has not yet recovered from problems in a thigh, and therefore he will not be there tomorrow, and the veteran Stekelenburg, 38, who takes the place of Cillessen, stopped by Covid, will play in goal. On the pitch the keys to the Dutch game will be entrusted to the 'blaugrana' Frenkie De Jong, who today to ease the tension of the debut made a trip on a bicycle through the streets of Zeistb together with his teammates, with Memphis Depay busy pulling the group . On the Ukrainian front Shevchenko does not fear the home factor in favor of rivals ("in football it often happens to play away"), he gets excited thinking of playing in the stadium named after Cruijff ("for me it was an example of how to play to football ") and hopes to have solved the finalization problems of his team,who would also need a Sheva on the pitch: "but if there are problems, every technician works to solve them". If he has succeeded, we'll see it tomorrow, in the meantime he bolted on the formation: "How is Stepanenko doing? And Zinchenko? Who plays in goal? You will find out everything tomorrow, now I don't even know".