Gian van Veen speaks to Sky Sports
A very mixed reception after Van Veen’s interview with Sky Sports. Give him some respect! He’s just been half of a brilliant contest fr us to enjoy.
He said: ‘To win this kind of game Gary threw everything at me, his finishing and scoring was great.
‘I felt comofrtable up here. The crowd was a bit against me but fair enough’ he’s a great human being and player.
‘Winning this, 10 years ago, five years ago, three or four years ago I was struggling with dartitis crying at the table.
My parents when I was 12, 13, 14, were driving me to tournaments round the Netherlands. It was all worth it.
‘I’ve struggle with dartitis for many years. But even when I wasn’t struggling, I thought it was never going to happen.
‘It’s not even a dream come true because I wasn’t able to dream about it happening. I’m so, so happy.
‘As a Dutchman everyone’s idol is Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld.
‘I’m going to enjoy it. Everyone saw what Luke is capable of. He’s played fantastic and so am I. First of all I’m going to enjoy [this moment].
‘The crowd got behind Gary, were whistling and booing at me… but I made it 5-3 and I can do it with the crowd against me.’
