Soccer-Netherlands' Quinten Timber ruled out of Sweden clash with concussion

Netherlands midfielder Quinten Timber has been ruled out of their World Cup match against Sweden after suffering a mild concussion during training on Thursday.

Netherlands' midfielder Quinten Timber has ​been ruled out of ​their World Cup ‌Group F ​match against Sweden on Saturday after suffering an injury during training, the team ‌said on Thursday. National team officials confirmed that Timber, 25, sustained mild concussion following a collision in Thursday practice.

Medical staff monitored the ‌player immediately after the incident and decided he would ‌be unavailable for selection. "The moment Quinten had the ball, I ran deep," teammate Teun Koopmeiners told Dutch media. "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."

The setback for Timber, who celebrated his ​25th birthday on Wednesday and was a substitute in ⁠the Netherlands' opening 2-2 draw against Japan. His twin brother, Jurrien, has ⁠already ​been forced to miss the tournament with a groin injury. Having joined the Dutch preparations late following Arsenal's defeat ⁠by Paris St Germain in the Champions League final, the defender ⁠was forced ⁠to drop out of the squad shortly before a warm-up friendly against Uzbekistan in New York.