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Netherlands coach denies causing Euro 2025 ‘puppet show' with podcast comments
Netherlands head coach Andries Jonker has denied causing a distraction for his team at the 2025 European Championship after appearing on a podcast to discuss his impending departure shortly before the beginning of the tournament. The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) announced in January that Jonker's contract would not be extended beyond the end of Euro 2025. Advertisement Speaking on the NOS Football Podcast in an episode published on Thursday, the 62-year-old said he considered quitting his role ahead of the tournament and expressed concerns over his authority and the support he was receiving. In a heated exchange with the media ahead of the Netherlands' Euro 2025 opener against Wales on Saturday, Jonker was accused by one journalist of creating a 'puppet show', whereby everything was about him and not the players. He responded: 'These women have given everything in 2025. Everything. And we have done that together. You people are all here today and this is thanks to us. To these women. The royal family will be there. And you have the guts to call it puppetry. If you think it's a puppet show, than you're entitled to your opinion. You are insulting the players. I have never seen you at training sessions and you're asking the players if they will believe the puppet show.' Then questioned if he regretted his comments on the podcast, Jonker said: 'No, you know me. Sherida's (Spitse, the Netherlands captain, who was sitting next to him at the press conference) attitude tells you clearly that it doesn't affect her, it doesn't affect the team. We want to win. We want to do well.' Advertisement Asked if the comments would create an interference at the tournament, he replied: 'No, only in the media. Not with the players. You heard her (Spitse). The players know what they need to do. We want to clinch our first win this tournament and we need to do it together.' Jonker was appointed Netherlands head coach in 2022, succeeding Mark Parsons. He led the side to the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Cup, where they lost to eventual champions Spain, but the Dutch failed to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. England assistant head coach Arjan Veurink has been confirmed as his successor. Captain Spitse insisted the team's 'focus was on football'. Asked if Jonker was wrong to make the comments, she replied: 'You're asking me the question, but he's sitting next to me. Why don't you ask him? I can't speak on the coach's behalf.' 'A remarkable press conference' The small media room at Swissporarena was already hot, baked in the afternoon sun of Lucerne. But as bodies piled in, filling the space like a flooded house, there loomed the unshakable sensation of something big coming. Advertisement And then it happened. Sherida Spitse and Andries Jonker took what felt like the stand, interrogated over Jonker's comments published 24 hours prior. Spitse did her best to defer, to insist group harmony was in order. But after 15 minutes, she retired, leaving Jonker to defend his decision to speak so publicly on a podcast about internal affairs. And so began the interrogation: media versus Jonker. With each question agitation grew, to a point where there was no clear line between question or answer and simply words being spat at each other, slicing through the hot air. When a journalist accused Jonker of confecting a puppet show, Jonker returned the insult, then questioned the journalist's record of covering the team. Finally, the head coach sighed, announced he was finished answering the questions. And so ended a truly phenomenal press conference, in which anything but harmony seemed to exist. This article originally appeared in The Athletic. Netherlands, Women's Soccer, Women's Euros 2025 The Athletic Media Company
San Francisco Chronicle
27 minutes ago
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Cubs starter Jameson Taillon goes on injured list, will miss more than a month with calf strain
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs starter Jameson Taillon may miss 'more than a month' with a right calf strain, manager Craig Counsell said Friday after the team placed the veteran right-hander on the injured list. Taillon is 7-6 with a 4.44 ERA and a mainstay in the NL Central leader's rotation despite some ups and downs in his ninth major league season. The 33-year-old has lost three straight games, with a 10.66 ERA in that span, after winning five in a row. Taillon, who had been scheduled to start Saturday, sustained the injury while running after a bullpen session on Thursday. 'He felt a grab yesterday,' Counsell said. 'He's going to miss a pretty significant amount of time.' The IL move is retroactive to Tuesday. In a corresponding move, the Cubs recalled lefty Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa before their game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Wicks is expected to work from the bullpen, although 11 of his 12 appearances for Iowa were starts. He was 1-3 with one save and 4.06 ERA with the Triple-A affiliate. Wicks appeared in two games with the Cubs in April, pitching two innings and going 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA. 'He's got to come up here and attack the strike zone and get himself in favorable counts ... to be effective,' Counsell said. Taillon's injury left the Cubs scrambling to plug another hole in their rotation. Left-hander Justin Steele, an All-Star in 2023 with a 16-5 record, made only four starts this season before undergoing elbow surgery that will sideline him for the rest of 2025. Lefty Shota Imanaga has won two starts since returning from a hamstring strain that kept him out for seven weeks. ___
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27 minutes ago
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France captain Griedge Mbock ruled out of Euro 2025 opener against England
ZURICH (AP) — France will be without captain Griedge Mbock for its opening match at the Women's European Championship against defending champion England. Mbock has been struggling with a right calf injury and trained apart from her teammates on Thursday, two days before France's opener in Zurich. France coach Laurent Bonadei confirmed on Friday that the experienced Paris Sain-Germain defender has been ruled out of the match. 'Unfortunately, Griedge still feels a bit of discomfort in her calf so we won't take any risks,' he said. 'The tournament has only just started and she needs specific care. 'She will be with us tomorrow but not on the field, unfortunately for her and for us.' After England, France next plays tournament debutant Wales on Wednesday before its final match in Group D four days later, against the Netherlands. Bonadei said he was 'quite confident that she will be able to join us quickly.' The 30-year-old Mbock has made 92 appearances for France — starting 81 of those — since her debut 12 years ago. Mbock will likely be replaced in defense by Alice Sombath or Thiniba Samoura, while PSG teammate Sakina Karchaoui could be handed the captain's armband. 'Griedge is someone who is very important in the group, she is our captain,' Karchaoui said. 'But even if she won't play the match, she will still be with us, she always has good words to tell us. 'But today we also have a strong group and we can count on all the players … that's also our strength, that no one is irreplaceable.'
