Is this sentence correct?
In this article
https://nos.nl/artikel/2334485-topsporters-moeten-jongeren-gaan-aansporen-om-weer-en-meer-te-gaan-bewegen.html
there is one sentence: Sportkoepel NOC*NSF gaat meewerken om van de Nederlandse jeugd de gezondste ter wereld te maken. Dat doel moet in 2040 zijn bereikt. Why is it 'zijn bereikt' instead of 'worden bereikt'? For me 'zijn bereikt' is more like 'That goal must have been reached in 2040', but 'worden bereikt' means 'That goal must be reached in 2040'. Thanks!

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Is this sentence correct?
In this article 
https://nos.nl/artikel/2334485-topsporters-moeten-jongeren-gaan-aansporen-om-weer-en-meer-te-gaan-bewegen.html
there is one sentence: Sportkoepel NOC*NSF gaat meewerken om van de Nederlandse jeugd de gezondste ter wereld te maken. Dat doel moet in 2040 zijn bereikt. Why is it 'zijn bereikt' instead of 'worden bereikt'? For me 'zijn bereikt' is more like 'That goal must have been reached in 2040', but 'worden bereikt' means 'That goal must be reached in 2040'. Thanks!

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Thanks Nora, that's very clear!

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You are right, if you say "worden bereikt", it means somewhere in 2040 this goal must be reached. Instead "zijn bereikt" means that by 2040 this goal must be reached for sure, but it could also be before that. Probably they use "zijn bereikt" instead of "worden bereikt", because it is strange to set a goal 20 years in advance and know already now that 2040 will be the exact year in which the goal will be reached. Now 2040 is more like a deadline, so the final year it should be reached, but before is also possible. I think this best explains your doubt, but there is not a huge difference in any case!

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