Ahead of their crucial Euro 2024 semi-final encounter against England, the Netherlands team were forced to rearrange their travel plans and cancel their scheduled press conference due to a blockage of the train lines.
The Dutch team was scheduled to take a train from their tournament training base in Wolfsburg to Dortmund, the site of their round-of-four match at Signal Iduna Park. Later on Tuesday night, head coach Ronald Koeman was scheduled to give a pre-game press conference along with defender Nathan Ake.
Netherlands face travel issues
Nevertheless, a blockage on the route resulted in the cancellation of their pre-planned journey. Instead of the short trip via the train, Netherlands flew out of Wolfsburg and landed in Dortmund. They also had to cancel the scheduled press conference, which may be held over zoom call instead.
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In a statement on Tuesday, Uefa said: “Due to the Netherlands’ team travel to Dortmund having been disrupted, their arrival time has been significantly delayed and therefore no (matchday)-1 press conference will take place.”
Koeman will be hoping that his team’s preparations for their first European Championship semi-final appearance since 2004 are not affected in any way by such unforeseen delays.
