Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens join Dan Thomas on ESPN FC to discuss Group C at Euro 2020, with the Netherlands headlining a group that also features Austria, North Macedonia and Ukraine. Frank de Boer appears adamant about the Dutch playing with five at the back. Will it cost a side that once looked to be surging into the European Championship after failing to qualify for Euro 2016 or the 2018 World Cup?
0:00 Why is De Boer insistent on playing three centre-backs, especially with Virgil van Dijk out injured?
1:21 In defence of De Boer's 5-3-2 formation.
2:31 How De Boer dismantled the momentum the Oranje built under Ronald Koeman before he left to take the Barcelona job.
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By ESPN UK
June 5, 2021
