He spoke for the first time about treatments to fight cancer in April this year, after qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar, and now Louis van Gaal, coach of the Dutch national team, is seen by his players as an inspiration, especially in an overachiever. cancer disease.
“At night I went to the hospital without the players knowing.” Louis van Gaal reveals that he is fighting cancer
“We didn’t know this from the beginning. She did everything she could to hide us. He was going to the hospital overnight, so as not to show the team what was going on.“said Daley Blind, a player for Ajax and the Dutch national team, quoted by The Guardian.
Louis van Gaal revealed this year that he underwent 25 treatments to treat prostate cancer and that, after training for World Cup qualifiers, he spent the night in hospital. “In each training camp, the team had to go to the hospital at night, without the players knowing. They thought he was healthy, but I’m not,” he said in April.
Day 16 of the World Cup. Brazil is the favorite of the “ultra” for a place in the “quarters” but South Korea, Japan and Croatia enter the field dreaming
And now, the players look to their coach as an inspiration and talk about the respect they have for him, at a time when the team is in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar. “He always knows how to inspire the players”added Daley Blind. “We want to win every game, we want to play for our coach and we want to go as far as possible.”
Source: Observadora
