Barça target De Ligt's next big challenge: stopping Lukaku
The defender will face the Man Utd man when Holland play Belgium on Tuesday
Ajax centre-back Matthijs de Ligt, a Barcelona target, will undergo another test on Tuesday when Holland take on Belgium.
The young defender, still 19, will be up against Manchester United's Romelu Lukaku as he looks to show once again why he's one of the most wanted players in European football.
"It will be a great challenge," he told the press in his homeland. "Lukaku is great, strong and really quick. I don't play against these type of players often and it will demad the most of me. I hope that the better the opponent, the better my performance."
De Ligt prepares for these battles in a curious way: "I watch additional footage on YouTube to have a better idea about how a player moves and chooses a position. We get a lot of footage on Premier League forwards from the staff at Ajax, so this time I won't to look on the Internet."
It's the type of game which excites the teenager: "I always look at these tyoe of players, like Lewandowski or Lacazette. Lukaku belongs in that category."
