DELAYED RETURN FOR PETER

When Peter van den Berg limped out of Tuesday training with a sore ankle his hopes were pinned on a Thursday return, but the player has now had to revise his schedule by a day or two. Van den Berg spent Thursday afternoon with fitness trainer Toine van de Goolberg. ‘It started getting more painful on Wednesday, that’s why I cannot train with the squad,’ revealed the defender. Gérard de Nooijer also trained alone.

Van den Berg is one of four players carrying a knock from Sunday’s game against RBC Roosendaal. Dirk Kuyt did return to the fold Thursday as expected, while Shinji Ono put in a ninety-minute performance for Japan in Tunisia Wednesday. De Nooijer has shook off his groin strain and hopes to hook up with the rest of the squad Monday.