Football does not stop in all countries. For example, the competition in ‘Belarus’ continues ‘normally’ and there is training in Sweden before the start of the new season. That to the surprise of Kevin van Kippersluis, attacker of the Swedish club Eskilstuna.
In Sweden, people are still allowed to eat out in a restaurant and physical training is no problem for football players. “That is very surreal,” the Dutch attacker told Algemeen Dagblad. “The whole world is in turmoil, but everything is going on here. That’s kind of crazy, yes. But I’m not going to complain, I’m very happy that we can still train.”
As usual, the team is preparing for a new season and so Van Kippersluis, former player of, among others, Cambuur and FC Volendam, finishes training as it always does. “My colleagues in other countries would also like to get started,” he says of the messages he receives from other footballers. “They are not really jealous, but they would love to be in our shoes.”
Van Kippersluis is not the only Dutchman at Eskilstuna. Lesly de Sa and Nick Wolters also earn a living at the Swedish club.
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