No Felice Albers, No Laura Nunnink, No Emma Reijnen, No Jip Dicke. Accidents Solid A Shadow About the Dutch nationwide crew’s European Championship squadwhich however will tackle fourteen Olympic champions from Paris in Mönchengladbach. ‘Regardless of the absence of a number of gamers, we’re clearly nonetheless touring to Germany with a high crew,’ careworn nationwide coach Raoul Ehren.
In fact, there’s nonetheless loads of high quality on the sector on the EC. ‘Final week we performed our first observe match after the holidays, towards Belgium. We gained that convincingly 6-1. We got here out of the break properly. The women are fully contemporary once more. With this choice we can not accept something lower than gold’, emphasised Ehren, who however has to overlook various gamers.
Even earlier than the beginning of the Professional League marketing campaign in June, the Dutch nationwide crew’s choice started to skinny out cautiously. Laura Nunnink tore the cruciate ligament of her proper knee within the NK ultimate. Through the Professional League block, the Dutch once more suffered some setbacks. Within the worldwide sport towards Spain, Jip Dicke was injured. Shortly thereafter, Emma Reijnen was additionally sidelined as she tore her anterior cruciate ligament throughout coaching.
In addition to Laura Nunnink, Felice Albers can be lacking from the European Championships. Picture: WorldSportPics
We weren’t satisfied Rosa might deal with 5 video games in eight days after her harm. Raoul Ehren on the absence of Rosa Fernig
After the 2 worldwide matches towards Belgium, on the finish of June in Antwerp, Felice Albers additionally dropped out, Ehren says. ‘Felice turned out to not be match sufficient to play the EC. For us that’s actually a loss, as a result of she was in nice kind throughout the Professional League in Amsterdam. There she confirmed in each match that she was again at her high stage. That’s exactly why it’s such a disgrace that we’ve got to overlook her in Mönchengladbach.’
Additionally within the case of Rosa Fernig, the results of an harm put a line via her EK. She was injured on the finish of the Professional League block in Amsterdam, forcing her to overlook the 2 internationals in Antwerp. Earlier this season, one other harm additionally sidelined Fernig for a lot of the second half of the season. Since our restart after the holidays, Rosa has been coaching with us once more, even totally final week. Medically, she is now match. However we weren’t satisfied she might deal with 5 video games in eight days already,’ Ehren defined his choice to not embrace Fernig within the European Championship squad.
Nationwide coach Raoul Ehren was not satisfied that Rosa Fernig might deal with 5 video games in eight days already after her harm. Picture: Willem Vernes
For six weeks Marijn Veen was additionally out of the working
To high it off, Marijn Veen additionally ended up within the saddle in mid-June. For six weeks she was additionally out of the working, resulting from an harm to her hand. It wasn’t till Monday that she skilled once more for the primary time. Nonetheless, within the meantime, Veen was in a position to proceed her working work, protecting her in high situation, a windfall for Ehren.
The lengthy checklist of accidents did make the pool rather a lot thinner. Noor van den Nieuwenhof and Trijntje Beljaars, who had joined the younger squad in early Could, had been due to this fact recalled to the coaching group by Ehren after the Professional League matches in Amsterdam. On the finish of June, they sat within the stands throughout the two worldwide matches in Antwerp. Ehren: ‘They turned eligible for a spot within the European Championship squad once more in current weeks.’
The excessive variety of injured gamers routinely diminished the variety of knots Ehren needed to lower. On the again, Pam van der Laan and Danique van der Veerdonk gained the competitors from Noor van den Nieuwenhof, who was designated as a reserve, as was Eline Jansen. Up entrance, Fay van der Elst pressured a spot within the EC choice, whereas Trijntje Beljaars dropped out. All different decisions had been mainly now not a shock.
The recovered Marleen Jochems returns to the Orange choice on the EC. Picture: Willem Vernes
Return or Marleen Jochems
Amid all of the harm worries, there was additionally excellent news: the return of Marleen Jochems. Ehren: ‘She entered a particular trajectory, the place we consciously selected to not let her play within the Professional League. This allowed her to work in direction of full health in peace. After the holidays, Marleen totally joined the group. That went surprisingly easily: she was quickly on the stage we hoped for.’
The one choice Ehren has not but revealed is how he’ll divide taking part in time between goalkeepers Anne Veenendaal and Josine Koning. ‘They each did a incredible job throughout the Professional League. They’re each going to make minutes on the EC. However how precisely, I’m protecting that to myself for now.’
