Netherlands women's team calls up injured players to prepare for 2023 Women's World Cup

According to NU , player Vivianne Miedema, who is recovering from a torn ligament injury, will return to training with the Dutch women's team next weekend to prepare for the 2023 Women's World Cup.

Dutch striker Miedema (Photo: Reuters)

The Arsenal (England) female striker expressed: "The only difference is that the whole team practices on the field and I am in the gym. However, I will participate in meetings and meals with the team. This will help me to chat with my teammates and share my own experiences.

I will talk to the team and the coach during the tournament. This was the idea of ​​​​the coach Andries Jonker himself and it is great. In the top sport , your injury makes people forget about you easily. But he remembered me, this will help me improve my condition during the tournament."

The "Orange Storm" player suffered an injury in December last year while playing for Arsenal. The Netherlands' all-time leading goalscorer admitted to the BBC that she would need months to recover and affirmed that there was "no hope" of playing at the 2023 World Cup.

Defender Kika Van Es retires after being dropped from the Dutch national team (Photo: Twitter)

Previously, coach Andries Jonker's team said goodbye to 4 players out of 30 players called up in the first round: Tiny Hoekstra, Alieke Tuin, Romee Leuchter, Kika van Es. Among them, defender Kika van Es suddenly decided to retire from football. The 31-year-old defender is said to have decided this after being psychologically affected by a miscarriage at the end of the season and then being removed from the national team.

On June 30, the Dutch women's team will shorten the list from 26 to the final 23 players to prepare for the journey at the 2023 Women's World Cup. On July 2, coach Jonker and his team will have a friendly match with the Belgian team before moving to Sydney to practice from July 9 to 17. During this time, the Dutch women's team will have another friendly match with the Korean women's team.

At the 2023 Women's World Cup, the current runner-up Netherlands is one of the three opponents of coach Mai Duc Chung and his team in Group E. The match between the two teams will take place in the final round of the group stage (August 1). Meanwhile, the first opponent of the Vietnamese team is the defending champion USA (July 22), the match with Portugal will take place on July 27.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/the-thao/doi-thu-doi-tuyen-viet-nam-gay-soc-truoc-them-world-cup-nu-2023-20230629190230949.htm