Dutch reserve goalkeeper Michel Vorm returned to the Netherlands on Monday just minutes after his team’s 2-0 World Cup win over Denmark after his wife gave birth on the eve of the game.
The 26-year-old Utrecht player, who was on the bench against the Danes, was surprised after the match when Dutch head coach Bert van Marwijk told him that he would be flown back home to be with his wife, Daisy, and baby son.
His wife gave birth on Sunday night and Vorm is expected back in training on Thursday with the Netherlands playing their next World Cup match against Japan in Durban on Saturday.
“We decided to send him home after the match, I told him that on the pitch after the match so he is flying home to be with his wife and son,” said van Marwijk.
“He will be back with the team on Thursday, it is a special time for him and his family.”
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