Van den Berg left out of Netherlands squad for Greece match
Sepp van den Berg will miss the Netherlands’ Nations League match against Greece after being left out of coach Xavi Hernández’s 23-player match squad.
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Sepp van den Berg has been left out of the Netherlands squad for Friday’s Nations League match against Greece, despite being called up earlier this week as cover for two players who were not fit enough for the final group-stage fixtures.
The Brentford defender was included in the 24-man squad named by coach Xavi Hernández for matches against Greece and Germany, but UEFA’s published match list for Friday’s game allows only 23 players. Van den Berg is not among them.
Virgil van Dijk and Brian Brobbey were initially judged insufficiently fit for the two fixtures, prompting Van den Berg’s first call-up to the Netherlands team. The match against Greece begins at 20:45 at the Johan Cruyff Arena.
The Netherlands and Greece are level on eight points at the top of the group. Germany have five, while Serbia have none. The top two teams qualify for next March’s quarter-finals.
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