AZ Alkmaar duo get first Netherlands call up

Myron Boadu and Calvin Stengs received maiden call-ups to the Netherlands squad on Friday for their last two Euro 2020 qualifiers away to Northern Ireland and at home to Estonia.

The AZ Alkmaar duo have been in good form both in the Europa league and the domestic championship and they come into the squad in the absence of Steven Bergwijn and Donyell Malen through injury.

Boadu, 18, has scored seven league goals in 11 starts for AZ while 20-year-old Stengs has five in the Europa League.

Both Bergwijn and Malen, who is top scorer in the Dutch league, suffered hamstring injuries playing for PSV Eindhoven in the Europa League.

The Dutch need only a point from next Saturday’s game in Belfast to ensure qualification in Group C.

They play Estonia in Amsterdam on Tuesday, November 19.