Van Dijk says poor pitch for Dutch Euros opener 'a shame'

Both teams have expressed concerns about the turf and neither side held their last pre-match training session at the stadium in Hamburg. "We don't know exactly yet whether the pitch is very bad," Van Dijk told a press conference on Saturday, saying it was similar to the pitch used for a Netherlands friendly against Germany in Frankfurt in March. "It looks like the pitch is the same as for the match in Frankfurt when we played against Germany. "The top layer will probably loosen quickly. That is of course a shame...