Norwich City goalkeeper Tim Krul has made his way to the Dutch squad
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Norwich City goalkeeper Tim Krul added an emergency to the Netherlands’ squad for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier against Norway after he had fitness concerns with Feyernoord keeper Justin Bijlow.
Krul asked for it However, to be banned from his country’s final qualifiers to focus on club affairs, have teamed up with Louis van Gaal’s squad ahead of the crucial final against Mathias Normanns Norway in Rotterdam.
The Dutch need a win to keep themselves up to secure the group win after they missed the chance to qualify at the weekend when Montenegro struck back twice in the last eight minutes to 2-2 draws.
Bijlow played the full 90 minutes of the duel in Montenegro on Saturday. Freiburg’s Mark Flekken, who replaced Krul in the original squad, was on the bench.
Seasoned Valencia goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen is the other option, although Cillessen himself was late to join the party when PSV’s Joël Drommel was out due to illness .
𝐁𝐢𝐣𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 Louis van Gaal has called Tim Krul to the training camp. Krul was added to the squad because Justin Bijlow wasn’t fit enough to face Norway. # WCQ2022 pic.twitter.com/okiyWiGrWr
The city number one Colney is expected to report on Wednesday for the first official day of new chief Dean Smith following his appointment on Monday.
Krul stayed firmly in van Gaal’s plans for Qatar next year before his quick recall, as he explained when he confirmed the City-Keeper’s original request.
« He called me and explained what his situation is like and what he is Preferred at the moment. I can only praise that when a club is in trouble and a player chooses his club and wants more peace of mind, « said van Gaal. , quoted on the soccer website VoetbalPrimeur. « Krul would have just been chosen.
» I haven’t written off Krul because when we go to the World Cup, I’ll put a penalty specialist in the place of the goalkeepers. «
Max Aarons (England U21), Archie Mair (Scotland U21) and Teemu Pukki (Finland) are the other Norwich players who could play internationally on Tuesday.
On Monday evening, Billy Gilmour played 74 minutes of Scotland’s 2-0 qualifying win over Denmark, the Scots guaranteed a home game in the play-offs in March.
Przemyslaw Placheta came on late in Poland’s 2-1 home defeat by Hungary, although the Poles had already qualified for the play-offs in the English group.
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