Spain vow to remember Van der Vaart’s taunt if sides meet at Euro 2020
Midfielders Koke and Pablo Sarabia hit back after former Netherlands player points out ‘horrible’ performances
22 June 2021 - 16:49
Spain have pledged to store former Netherlands player Rafael van der Vaart’s scathing assessment about their shaky start in Euro 2020 in their memory banks should they come up against the Dutch later in the tournament.
Van der Vaart, a pundit for broadcaster NOS at the tournament, said Spain’s performances so far have been “horrible” and they “only know how to pass the ball from one side to the other” after the 2008 and 2012 champions managed only to draw their first two games, against Poland and Sweden...
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