Dutch drop Landzaat
Eurosport - Sun, 25 May 15:44:00 2008
Netherlands coach Marco van Basten has trimmed midfielder Denny Landzaat and goalkeeper Sander Boschker from his squad for Euro 2008.
Van Basten still needs to drop one more player before Wednesday's deadline for submitting the 23 names of his squad.
Landzaat made the squad for the 2006 World Cup finals but played only as a substitute while Boschker had been called into the provisional squad for the first time.
On Saturday, Van Basten said the last player to be dropped would be one of three defenders: Andre Ooijer, Khalid Boulahrouz or Mario Melchiot.
Melchiot missed training this week because of injury and will have to show on Monday and Tuesday that he has recovered sufficiently.
"We want to see how Melchiot is doing. Boulahrouz made a good impression and Ooijer is fit," Van Basten said after Saturday's 3-0 win against Ukraine in a warm-up match for the tournament which starts on June 7.
On Monday, the squad will gather in Hoenderloo to prepare for friendly matches against Denmark on Thursday and Wales next Sunday.
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