PSV’s title-winning icons call for a starting spot for Guus Til in Oranje

The Netherlands national team began the 2026 World Cup with a 2-2 draw against Japan. Next Saturday, the second group match in Houston against Sweden is already coming up at 7 p.m. Dutch time.

Sweden, on the other hand, had a better opening match. The Scandinavians beat Tunisia 5-1, and therefore go into the match with the Netherlands as the number 1 team in the group.

If it were up to PSV legends Willy and René van de Kerkhof, PSV player Guus Til will start in the Oranje lineup on Saturday evening. ''He provides depth'', says Willy in the Willy & René PSV Podcast from Omroep Brabant.

Til stayed on the bench for the entire match against Japan and saw that the Japanese equalized in minute 88. The two brothers from Helmond are also completely unimpressed with national team coach Ronald Koeman’s substitution policy.

''He removed all the speed. You can use grinding to strike at depth and they can’t reach them anymore, and that also applies to Summerville. I certainly would have left one there. Mr. Koeman had a certain strategy that I don’t understand'', said Willy.

Brother René also left Summerville. “They say he was tired, but he certainly could have made three good plays more,” René says.

Both brothers found the wing attacker, responsible for Oranje's 2-1, the most dangerous man on the Dutch side. ''A type of René van de Kerkhof. A bit of pace and scoring—nothing else is needed in football. And I played both from the left and from the right. I've also scored from the left once, but those were tap-ins,'' said René.