AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Defender Matthijs de Ligt suffered a calf injury in training with the Netherlands and on Monday withdrew from the squad for this week’s Nations League finals, the Dutch football association said.
The 23-year-old De Ligt, who has won 41 caps, suffered the injury in training on Saturday and is replaced in the 23-man squad by his Bayern Munich team mate Daley Blind.
The Netherlands are hosting the tournament and meet Croatia in the first semi-final in Rotterdam on Wednesday.
Italy and Spain clash in Enschede on Thursday with the winners going to Sunday’s final.
(Reporting by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
