With the jersey of the team where it all began. This is how the players of the selection football of the Netherlands to commemorate the national football day in Netherlands. All the internationals appeared at the training ground, in Zeist, clad in the shirt of the club in which they began playing to pay tribute to amateur football. The team is preparing for their match of the League of Nations con Poland (It is Saturday, 20:45 h).
The idea arose from the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB)which has called on all football fans to wear the shirt of their former amateur club to highlight the social value of football.
The Barça midfielder Frenkie de Jong, for which United have already started negotiating with Barça, has worn the shirt of ASV Arkela team from his hometown, where he started playing when he was only six years old, and striker Memphis Depay the one of VV Moordrechtyour city team.
Frenkie de Jong in the ASV Arkel jersey
Memphis Depay in the VV Moordrecht shirt
The national football day was established in 2020 to value amateur football as the basis of football in the Netherlands.
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