Quinten Timber to miss Netherlands' clash with Sweden due to concussion

[p]National team officials confirmed that ‌[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/timber-quinten/Ag97KtSd/"]Timber[/a], 25, sustained a mild concussion following ‌a collision in Thursday's practice.[/p][p]Medical staff monitored the player immediately after ‌the incident and decided he ⁠would be ‌unavailable for selection.[/p][p]"[b]The moment Quinten had the ​ball, I ran deep[/b]," teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koopmeiners-teun/lOCjQkeo/"]Teun Koopmeiners[/a] told Dutch ​media. "[b]He wanted to chip it to me and then it happened. ⁠It wasn't ​a super hard collision, as I understand it, but you do have to be careful[/b]."[/p][embed guid="9f7b8cb5-8f5b-4b5b-8e94-f0eccc362fba" url="https://x.com/OnsOranje/status/2067671739337761144" social-type="twitter" /][p]The setback for ‌Timber, who celebrated his 25th birthday on Wednesday and was a substitute in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/netherlands/WYintcWb/"]Netherlands[/a]' opening 2-2 draw against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/japan/ULXPdOUj/"]Japan[/a]. His twin brother, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/timber-jurrien/hSaoLOM4/"]Jurrien[/a], has already been forced to miss the tournament with a groin injury.[/p][p]Having joined the ‌Dutch preparations late following [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a]'s defeat ​by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]Paris Saint-Germain[/a] in ‌the Champions League final, the defender was forced to drop out of the squad shortly before a warm-up friendly against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/uzbekistan/EZYKKRMc/"]Uzbekistan[/a] ⁠in New ⁠York.[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]