He was named a rising star of the Tulip large league and made his debut with Bloemendaal’s large males this season. However on the U18 European Championship in Lille, a special feeling prevailed for defender Teun Hogenhout (17). ‘It was fairly tough the previous couple of days.’
The three-0 victory over Scotland on Wednesday afternoon didn’t really feel like actual satisfaction, however moderately a affirmation of what the Orange skills already knew: the sector play is greater than high quality, however the return is missing.
‘Really at this time it went a bit like the entire match,’ begins defender Teun Hogenhout. ‘We create so much, typically get into the circle… solely the final bit is lacking. For that purpose we moderately lose to France and Belgium,’ analyzes the Bloemendaal participant. ‘Should you look purely on the outcomes, it’s logical that we don’t make the semifinals. However in case you noticed the matches, you don’t perceive something. All of the statistics had been higher. I personally discover that irritating. Folks solely see the ultimate rating. Not the way you lose. We’re higher than the scoreboard reveals.’
Teun Hogenhout. Photograph: WorldSportPics
Guys from the large league or with NK expertise.
Exactly that makes the frustration additional bitter, he thinks. ‘Then again, we all know very clearly what has to enhance: we now have to attain extra. However it retains not falling. That’s simply bummer. We’ve got guys right here who performed the NK a couple of weeks in the past, guys who compete weekly within the large league. I can’t think about they really feel a lot extra nerves earlier than this match. We simply performed properly, up till the penalty spot. Simply not after that,’ he says. ‘It may have fallen our method a very long time in the past this match. Had we been allowed to play a sport over, we might have received it. I actually know that for positive.’
The elimination got here exhausting. ‘My dad and mom had been there on Monday and Tuesday. They helped me cope with the frustration. They’d have come once more if we had gone via, however now they’re staying house. I perceive that. I actually additionally really feel that the stress is a bit off. We nonetheless play two good video games, however the match feeling is totally different. It’s much less alive,” he says actually. And everybody will perceive. ‘It was fairly a disappointment. Inside two days we had been type of executed.’
Laser gaming, toepen and poker
To offer the whole lot a spot, the crew undertook one thing totally different than normal on Tuesday (on the remaining day). ‘It was fairly powerful for some time the previous few days. We went laser gaming with the crew. Then we performed a number of poker and poker. We made one thing of it. Processed the frustration. The ambiance hasn’t modified. We’ve got a good time collectively.
Teun Hogenhout. Photograph: WorldSportPics
Hogenhout additionally acquired some jokes just lately. That every one needed to do with the title ‘Rising Star.’ He was voted expertise of the yr within the Tulip large league. ‘None of that’s essential for me,’ {the teenager} says soberly. ‘I’m slightly too modest for such issues. I prefer it, however I don’t have a lot use for it. I’m not into it both. My teammates are. As a result of they know I don’t prefer it. They do it on objective, however I can snigger about it,” he says. Nonetheless, what the defender has proven is particular. Over a yr in the past he nonetheless performed in Bloemendaal O16, began final season in O18 and was shortly moved on to Males’s 1.
Rising star and water service
‘I did have a really cool season,’ is his easy conclusion. ‘I joined U21 a couple of weeks in the past, however now I’m again with my friends. I like enjoying with guys my age. Lately at Bloemendaal I had a totally totally different function. Whenever you play with your folks once more now, it’s simply a number of enjoyable,’ he says. ‘These guys in Males’s 1 are all so much older. I discover that I’ve realized so much. Usually I hearken to guys like Floris Wortelboer and Jorrit Croon, however on this crew I apply {that a} bit myself. They’re the leaders at Bloemendaal and I attempt to apply {that a} bit at Below-18.’
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At Bloemendaal final season, subsequently, he was additionally accountable for the water. Hogenhout has to snigger. ‘However I didn’t thoughts that,’ he shortly provides. At Oranje U18 the water activity shouldn’t be for him. However to say he acquired off very properly. ‘I’m accountable for the bikes. I’ve to lock them up. That’s not a pleasant job both,” he laughs.
The Dutch Group will play two extra video games to point out what it has to supply. Within the losers’ pool they’ll meet England on Friday – a severe showdown and on the ultimate day they’ll play the Czech Republic, which was overwhelmed 19-0 (!) by Germany on Wednesday afternoon. I’m wanting ahead to enjoying the English. We simply need to end as excessive as doable now. To complete properly. But when that’s sixth as an alternative of fifth, that’s high quality by me too. In fact I got here right here for place one. So long as it’s with good play. We all know what must be higher. You don’t stay in direction of these matches anymore, however I’m wanting ahead to displaying what we are able to do.’
