Ian Maatsen acquired his last-minute Euro 2024 name up for the Netherlands while holidaying on a yacht off the coast of the Greek-island of Mykonos on Monday night time.
The Chelsea full-back, who spent the final season on mortgage to Borussia Dortmund, wasted no time and was current for early night coaching on Tuesday with the Dutchman making ready for his first worldwide cap.
The workforce arrived at their base in Wolfsburg after beating Iceland 4-0 of their last warm-up pleasant in Rotterdam on Monday.
It was due to his father driving from the Netherlands to Germany to carry his soccer boots that Maatsen was capable of shake off the vacation cobwebs and start to dream of successful a primary cap and participating in a significant match.
“Ian first needed to come back first to the Netherlands, however that did not appear to be a good suggestion to us,” mentioned his father Edward Maatsen, who first drove three hours from their dwelling in Vlaardingen to Dortmund.
There they packed his boots and another private gadgets and headed off for an additional three hours to Wolfsburg.
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It’s a journey the Maatsen household know nicely travelling repeatedly to observe their son within the Bundesliga.
“We all know that as a member of the family you might be at all times concerned,” he advised reporters on Tuesday.
“This European Championship is the icing on the cake. As a father or mother you might be very proud and do all the pieces you may to maintain it on observe and to maintain all the pieces round it as steady as attainable.”
Maatsen was invited into the squad after harm dominated out each Frenkie de Jong and Teun Koopmeiners.
His preliminary omission from the squad raised eyebrows because the Dutchman helped Dortmund to the Champions League last, the place they misplaced to Actual Madrid.
The Netherlands start their Euro 2024 marketing campaign in Hamburg on Sunday in opposition to Poland.
