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Rafael van der Vaart has heaped some weird reward on Liverpool star Kodi Gakpo, claiming the Netherlands winger can 'make defenders soiled their pants'.
The announcement was made after the Liverpool star impressed through the Netherlands' 3-0 win over Romania on Tuesday night time.
The win noticed Ronald Koeman's males guide a quarter-final conflict towards Turkey, with the 25-year-old scoring along with establishing Donyell Malen within the second half.
His beautiful first-half aim, beating Romania goalkeeper Florin Nita on the close to put up, places him joint high of the Euro 2024 high scorers listing alongside Jamal Musiala, Georges Mikotadze and Ivan Schranz.
Gakpo was named Participant of the Match for his spectacular efficiency, with many followers praising the Dutch participant on social media.
Rafael van der Vaart has some weird reward for Netherlands star Cody Gakpo (Footage)
Gakpo (proper) scored and in addition offered an help to assist his aspect win 3-0 towards Romania
Van der Vaart (pictured) mentioned 'there are only a few gamers like Gakpo who can hassle defenders'
Van der Vaart was additionally impressed along with his efficiency and made a weird declare whereas praising his compatriot.
“There are only a few gamers who can obtain the ball and hassle a defender,” he mentioned. Enfield Sector,
“Gakpo is certainly one of them,” the previous Actual Madrid star mentioned.
Impressively, Gakpo has to this point scored 12 objectives in 28 appearances for his nationwide aspect, with the Dutch star additionally scoring thrice on the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Talking on his aspect’s efficiency on Tuesday, Gakpo mentioned: “We performed nicely and responded nicely within the final recreation and we’re very pleased with that.
'I agree, after the final recreation we would have liked a response and at this time was a superb step in the best course,' Gakpo mentioned. 'We talked loads about aggression and depth and defending like a staff and it was a superb step once more at this time and we’re very joyful that we gained and performed a superb recreation.'
Initially after scoring the aim, Gakpo went to the staff physio to rejoice and after the match he additionally defined the rationale for it.
This star participant from Netherlands was chosen because the Participant of the Match for his good efficiency
Gakpo (proper) now joint high of the Euro 2024 high scorers chart with three objectives in Germany
'He [the physio] Yesterday I used to be informed that I used to be going to attain the primary aim at this time. I mentioned: “If I try this I’ll come to you.”
He added: 'Sure, I believe it was a sacrifice of efficiency and we labored arduous to be at our greatest for one another and I'm glad I might assist Donny rating the aim – total it was a superb recreation.'
