The Dutch midfielder did not lose the ball once in the 106 minutes that he was on the field despite the final elimination of the Netherlands.
After a shaky start of the season, Frenkie de Jong managed to earn Flick's Trust in Barça and played his best minutes of the season for the Netherlands. In the first stage of the quarter -finals of the Nations League, he was an important role in almost completely eliminating Pedri from the Spain's game, and in the return bone in Mestalla he successfully completed all 74 passes he tried, and demonstrated his influence in the Dutch National Team's Play.
Despite the 5-4 penalty shootout in the Netherlands, De Jong played 106 minutes of the game, creating one target core, 100% of his dribbles completed, 17 passes in the last third of the field and not once owned. The midfielder of Barça helped his team to overcome the urgent urgent time and time, so that his teammates can create dangerous opportunities against the goal of Unai Simón.
In defense, one of the aspects of his game that is the most criticized, De Jong showed great firmness. He won both duels that he played, made two approvals, recovered five balls and blocked a shot from the other team. All this without committing a single error during the entire game.
De Jong's match against Spain
106 minutes
74/74 passes completed
1 Chance
100% dribbles completed
100% successful tackles
2/2 duels won
17 goes in the last third part
0 Turnover
2 clearance
5 Recovery
1 shot blocked
0 mistakes committed
With Marc Casadó wounded and his strong playing time at the Netherlands under Ronald Koeman, De Jong is Hansi Flick's first choice for the rotation position in Barça. If he retains this level of form, he can be an important player who goes into the last part of the season.
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