Not a chance, with De Jong in the field Mexico wouldn't have scored that goal. Blind was just tracking, tracking, tracking, until Dos Santos found an angle to shoot. De Jong would have laid into him as soon as he picked up the ball. Blind is not a sweeper, he is no like-for-like replacement. Totally different player.De Jong being out is very frustrating, even though he wasn't pulling up trees (only 8 tackles in 4 games?!), not sure if Blind can be as good.