Very heavy tile for the national team. The doctors’ verdict is merciless: the player misses the European Championships one step away from the start.
Now we’re there: everything is ready for the start of the European Championships 2024. The three-time winners of the Germany will host the competition which will end on 14 July, the day of the final in Berlin.
They participate 24 nationalswho are competing in the seventeenth edition of the tournament in ten stages Germans: Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Dortmund, Leipzig, Gelsenkirchen, Stuttgart and Dusseldorf.
The ten venues chosen to host the tournament include nine of the stadiums used at the 2006 World Cup plus the Dusseldorf Arena. The format this year will be identical to that of UEFA EURO 2020here it is in detail.
They will access the direct elimination phase the top two in the six groups plus the four best third-placed teams. The round of 16 is scheduled between 29 June and 2 July, the quarter-finals on 5 and 6 July, and the semi-finals on 9 and 10 July.
Bad news for the Netherlands: injury for Koopmeiners, misses the European Championships
There is great curiosity for Italy who will try to defend the title of European champion conquered in 2021 with Roberto Mancini. In the next month we will see great matches, many talents and more. Among the possible surprises there is Hollandwho, however, just a few days before the start of the competition had to deal with the injury of Teun Koopmeinersone of the most anticipated.
In the warm-up of the friendly match against Icelandthe Atalanta midfielder born in 1998 has in fact received a ko which will force him to skip the European Championships. The diagnosis speaks of distractive aftereffects of the left adductor region. A situation that will lead him to a stop of about 30 days.
Koopmeiners’ social message after the diagnosis
After receiving the results of the exams and the terrible news of farewell to the European Championships, Koopmeiners he vented about Instagram. In a social post she enclosed all her disappointment and frustration: “What should have been a wonderful month unfortunately turned into a nightmare. With great disappointment and sadness I listened to the test results.
Unfortunately they found that there is no possibility of participating in the 2024 European Championship. Playing for the Netherlands at a tournament and with this great team would have been a great honor. From now on, like all other Orange fans, I will encourage and support the team on the way to a great tournament! Vlammen guys!”.
