The defender is being used in the wrong position at the Italian club, according to the Netherlands head coach
"What is a shocker? It was also a question why he didn't play the first match. Then he played because somebody else had an injury," he told a news conference on Monday.
"He didn't play well. He had a bad moment with the goal of [Hirving] Lozano. The other two goals were different. It was a free-kick that turned in and that's always hard to defend.
"But yes, he didn't play the way we want to see. I spoke to Matthijs today after lunch."
Koeman suggested De Ligt was struggling to adapt after his move from Ajax and also said he may be getting used in the wrong position.
"Sometime people take change too easily. I still have the newspapers of my first match at Barcelona. It was a disaster. We lost 2-0 and everybody was questioning my arrival," he said.
"But if you asked them now about me I bet it's different. So Matthijs is 20 years old. On the television they take changing to a new club very lightly.
"But I wouldn't position him left in defence. I would have put Bonucci there. He is more experienced."
Ameimessi
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de ligt went to the best club to meet his best player. now I love the story..'the transfer saga de deligt'
messiandronaldolover
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playing defence in italy is more than you think
MobePoku
51
I was also disappointed in his display but then I remembered he should have been positioned on the right instead of left. I know what that young lad is capable of doing. He will surely improve with time. #FORZA_DE_LIGT ❤️
Amanda-
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This dude should shut his mouth up . If he can’t handle being the manager of the Netherland team . De Ligt finally got his chances to play and will play more . Talking like a kid will not help De Ligt at Juventus. Juventus is a big club with world class defensive players and De Ligt have a long way to go. This same dude was saying nonsense last week, that he was surprised that he was benched and now saying he was used wrongly.. no wonder the Netherland national team never wins anything. He you face his job and leave De Ligt alone . Juventus ain’t a small team .
Zanzarone
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Left or right is not such a difference. He’s a centre back in a line of four, like he did at Ajax. There is no wrong position to put him in. And he played awesome for 60 minutes, and then dropped physically like the rest of the team, which brought all the three clear errors. As soon as the physical condizion will improve, he’ll be just perfect.