Morristown, N.J. (AP) – Sergiño Dest, who recovers from a torn ACL, is set to play for the first time with the US national team for the first time in a year and a half, and says he’s matured from a red card in Trinidad in November 2023.
Dest has become restless by arguing and acquiring an unnecessary dispute with the judge A pair of yellow cards to challenge over a span of 30 seconds During the quarterfinal match of the Concacaf Nations League.
“It was obviously not good, but I learned from it,” Dess said Friday. “I know you need to be aware of your temper. Obviously you need to help your team, and that’s not a way to help your team. So I’ll learn from it and make sure these things don’t happen again.”
Dest provided one game of suspension and missed the semi-final against Jamaica. The outer back came back for a 2-0 victory over Mexico on March 24th. I tore the ACL Without contacting us during training with PSV Eindhoven on April 20th.
“It was like a cross from the side, so I was defending. I was closing the gap, I was running at full speed, and I just touched the ball and the foot I landed, I just jumped into the air,” he said. “I don’t know exactly what happened, but that was a bad thing. Honestly, for the first 15 seconds, I felt it, that was a lot of pain.
He didn’t come back Actions until March 8th. His first 90-minute match was the PSV season finale on May 18th. This led the team to win the Dutch league title as Ajax wasted a nine-point lead with the rest of five games.
“I’ve seen a few things and a few moments on the field. “I’m still looking for it because I’m still difficult. I have to feel free for a few more months, any time after an injury, to feel free to feel unwell again.
Dest wanted to play in the US in the Gold Cup, but was cut back on training for a few days.
“We had eight or nine days off and we had some training sessions, but not many,” he said. “I wanted to relax too, but I wanted to relax a little because I thought I was good. Then I came back and then I think the whole staff was surprised, all of my strengths surprised me.
At just 24 years old, Dest begins on the right in all four matches at the 2022 World Cup, and is a backup to First-Coice Antonee Robinson on the left. Dest likes to attack more than other American defenders.
“He’s a player with the flexibility to play,” said manager Mauricio Pockettino, who praised his destiny as someone who can prevent American attacks from becoming predictable. “(He) has the ability to move forward, beat players and score goals.”
Desty, the son of a Surinamese American father and a Dutch mother, played by Desty at the Youth Academy in Ajax. I chose to play for the US Not the Netherlands. He made his international debut in 2019 and has a pair of goals with 33 appearances.
It’s now in October 2020 Dest The first American signed a senior team in Barcelona. After Xavi Hernández was hired as coach, his role diminished, and Dest It was loaned to AC Milan in September 2022 and After that, it was released on PSV in August 2023.. Even after the injury, the Dutch Club acquired his rights the following June, I signed him a four-year contract.
“He’s incredible with the ball. It’s like an old-fashioned ability to have the ball at his feet,” goalkeeper Matt Freeze said. “You can give him the ball and he’ll get out of all the situations.”
While Dest was injured, he became a Formula 1 follower and took part in a race at the Dutch resort town of Zandvoort.
“I just tried to get away from football, do other things in my life, watch other sports, and relax with friends and family again, just to cut off,” he said.
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