Five Dutch players on edge ahead of decisive Nations League duel

On 29 September 2026, at 08:10, the Dutch national team must manage with five players on their count in the final Nations League duel against Germany; Quinten Timber, Jan Paul van Hecke, Jurriën Timber, Noa Lang and Tijjani Reijnders have already received a yellow card and are therefore on thin ice.

Virgil van Dijk would also belong to that group, but he is unavailable on Monday. In the Nations League, this year already two yellow cards lead to a suspension, as does any even number of cards thereafter, such as four or six.

For the Timbers, Van Dijk, Van Hecke, Lang and Reijnders the possible suspension is kept brief; the card load that has not yet caused a suspension will only be cleared after the quarter‑final is over. Therefore they must first survive a group match, after which, as expected, two quarter‑final matches will follow.

For the Germans, Nadiem Amiri, Yann Bisseck, Waldemar Anton, Philipp Treu, Malick Thiaw and Brajan Gruda are on thin ice, but the first three are not in the squad. In the Nations League‑season 2026/27, the Oranje will face Germany, Serbia and Greece in the group stage.