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Red card for the cook.
Suffering from a virus according to a press release from the Dutch federation – this Thursday morning, five players from the selection had to leave the rally on the eve of the match against France.More The Telegraph advance another cause for this failure: chicken curry. According to the Dutch media, it has been some time since the Orangecomplain about the poor quality of the meals served to them at the Woudschoten hotel in Zeist (where the team’s training camp is based). This time, the chicken curry served on Wednesday evening would have caused serious stomach aches to the five players, to the point that they were forced to forfeit. Asked about the subject at a press conference this Thursday, Virgil van Dijk did not confirm the trail of food poisoning: “Apparently there is a virus and these players have had virus infections. I ate well. (Laughs)I ate chicken curry, we don’t know the cause. […] For tomorrow, it’s a shame to lose five players all at once, it’s a real problem for us. I hope there won’t be more. »
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A few minutes later, Ronald Koeman also spoke about the affair in front of the press: “Staff members are not feeling well either. We don’t yet know what caused it. »Despite this incident depriving the team of “five players who could have started the game”the coach announced that this “didn’t change the tactics» to face the Blues.
How do you say diarrhea in Dutch?
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