After a frustrating error in Tuesday night’s draw with Germany, Matthijs de Ligt was substituted off by Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman at halftime to protect the young player.

Tijjani Reijnders gave the Netherlands the lead after just two minutes, but Deniz Undav and Joshua Kimmich gave Germany the lead before halftime in Amsterdam. The match ended 2-2. On minute fifty, Denzel Dumfries tied the score for the home team.

Undav’s goal was caused by a blunder by Manchester United defender De Ligt, who gave up the ball while facing little defensive pressure.

After the center-back’s pass was intercepted, the former Brighton striker shot past Bart Verbruggen, the goalkeeper for Brighton currently in position.

Koeman acknowledged that De Ligt’s recent errors resulted in his substitution at halftime, addressing a mistake he made in the previous game against Bosnia-Herzegovina and having to do it again on Tuesday.

Naturally, I would have preferred to have kept Matthijs de Ligt in the game. “It appears that he is currently going through a phase where his errors are being penalized,” Koeman remarked.

“I gave him another chance today, but I had to take him off to protect him in the end.”Virgil van Dijk, captain of Liverpool, was direct in his evaluation of the mistake, stating that retribution against elite teams is inevitable.

“This is football.” You must take this as a lesson, he urged. “It was only for a split second, but you will suffer the consequences on a grand scale.”

De Ligt had a forgettable moment during Saturday’s 5-2 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina, which he acknowledged was his own personal disaster.

I believe you understand how I feel. We prevailed, but now for the personal phase. I know that I should have performed better on their second goal,’ he remarked. I’m not exactly sure what went down. I had misgivings throughout the play, even though I knew I should have cleared the ball. It’s simply .

“He himself realizes that he was in the wrong position,” Koeman stated on the incident. Although it shouldn’t happen, errors happen in football. I believe that making a huge issue out of it is unjust.