The Malaga centre-back sustained a hamstring injury in his side’s 2-1 defeat to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bulgaria-c2861 in a friendly encounter in preparation for Euro 2012, and the former Borussia Dortmund boss has revealed that the 32-year-old is not
going to recover before Saturday’s game.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884 at Metalist Kharkiv Stadium on June 9.
The Malaga defender sustained a hamstring injury in his side’s 2-1 defeat against Bulgaria in a friendly encounter in the Oranje’s preparation for European Championship held in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032.
Earlier reports indicated that the veteran centre-half would be able to return to full match fitness before the Flying Dutchmen’s opening group stage game against the Danish Dynamite. However, Van Marwijk has now confessed that
the central defender will not be able to feature in his side’s Euro 2012 opener.
“There's still a chance that Joris will recover in time for the match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904. He's not going to make Saturday's game, though. I can basically rule that out. Joris needs more time to recover than we were hoping for”, the
Dutch mentor was quoted as saying to the media.
Mathijsen is considered as one of the key members in the Flying Dutchmen’s back-line along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Heitinga-c18862 and Gregory van der Wiel, and his absence comes as a huge blow for the 2010 FIFA World Cup runners-up.
Van Marwijk will have to choose either Wilfred Bouma or http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ron-Vlaar-c31697 to partner Heitinga at the centre of the defence against the Danish Dynamite.
The 60-year-old tactician, who took over the coaching http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 of the Oranje in 2008 after Marco van Basten left the managerial hot seat to take the reins of Ajax Amsterdam, has also revealed that his side will decide in the next two
days about Mathijsen’s stay in the squad.
“We will decide in the next two days whether he stays with the group, or whether we will call up a replacement”, Van Marwijk concluded.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Douglas-c11600 could be receiving a call-up from the Oranje head coach if the Malaga centre-back is withdrawn from the competition.
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