Man Utd's Matthijs de Ligt started for the Netherlands against Germany on Tuesday but was hooked at half-time.
Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt made a mistake that led to Germany's first goal on Tuesday night and Ronald Koeman substituted him at half-time to 'protect him'. De Ligt, who joined United from Bayern Munich for an initial €45m , didn't play a single minute for the Netherlands as they made the semi-final of Euro 2024.
How United beat City and Chelsea to sign Casemiro replacement United monitoring Eze amid plans to sign four key players next summer De Ligt has fallen down the central defensive pecking order for his country and De Vrij, Van Dijk, Micky van de Ven of Tottenham and Van Hecke now all seem to be ahead of him. Koeman spoke to Dutch broadcaster NOS after the game and was asked to explain his decision to remove De Ligt at half-time. 'Of course, I would rather have kept Matthijs on the pitch,' he said.
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