Soccer-Spain defender Huijsen gets hostile reception in Rotterdam


Soccer Football - Nations League - Quarter Final - First Leg - Netherlands v Spain - Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam, Netherlands - March 20, 2025 Netherlands' Tijjani Reijnders in action with Spain's Dean Huijsen REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) - There was no welcome mat out for Dutch-born defender Dean Huijsen when he made his debut for Spain against the country of his birth in the Nations League on Thursday.

The teenager, who plays for English Premier League club Bournemouth, was born in Amsterdam and represented Dutch junior national teams, and he was constantly jeered after coming on as a 41st-minute substitute for his first Spain cap.

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