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After just half an hour it was over for Arjen Robben: the former star FC Bayern Munich player, who dared to make a second attempt at professional football a year after his originally announced end of career at FC Groningen, is on their competitive comeback against PSV Eindhoven. The scoreboard was 0-0 injured and replaced. After a duel with Pablo Rosario from Eindhoven, Robben, who had to deal with many injuries in his career, signaled to the Groninger Bank that he could no longer play. The 36-year-old, who had led his youth club on the field as captain, watched his team’s 3-1 defeat at home as a spectator.
That night an exact diagnosis was still pending. For Robben it was the first game in the Dutch Eredivisie since April 10, 2004, at that time still wearing the PSV jersey against Groningen. For the Eindhoven team, ex-Augsburg-born Philipp Max was in the starting lineup, and ex-Leverkusen manager Roger Schmidt also celebrated a victorious debut. Cody Gakpo (minute 34, 87) and Donyell Malen (57) scored the goals for Eindhoven, for Groningen Tomas Suslov, who replaced Robben, hit the mark (53). The season opener in Holland had already taken place in front of an audience.
Soon in Orange too?
If the rest of Robben’s comeback season turns out to be more positive, the right winger might even say hello to participate in the European Championship in 2021. Interim national coach Dwight Lodeweges was open to Robben’s return to the Oranje jersey: ” You are never too young, but perhaps you are never too old to be of value to the Elftal, “said Lodeweges of the Amsterdam newspaper De Telegraaf. the plot. Robben resigned from the Dutch national team in 2017.
