Blind has been devoted to Orange Vortex for a long time and just hit 100 matches for this team.
National team coach Ronald Koeman, bluntly stating that Blind was not his first choice, brought him on from the bench against France. Koeman indicated before the game that he wanted to facilitate Blind’s milestone and kept his word. The Netherlands lost 0-4 in this match.
Blind made his debut for the Dutch national team in 2013. That’s when the team was led by Louis van Gaal, who was rated by Blind as his best national coach. Blind has played in Oranje’s last 3 tournaments: the 2014 World Cup, EURO 2020 and more recently the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Blind joins the ranks of 100 games for the Netherlands in an illustrious roster. Only Phillip Cocu (109), Robin van Persie (102), Dirk Kuyt (104), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (106), Rafael van der Vaart (109), Frank de Boer (112), Edwin van der Sar (130) and Wesley Sneijder (134) played more games than him.
Thanh Vu | 11:08 25/03/2023