“It was almost German”

Yeah, keep hoping… Hope is all you’ll have.
Good luck!!

We had Dennis Bergkamp! That game from 98 was a phenomenal knock-out match. The next game is near meaningless. Some players have been through two gruelling matches: rest them. Let’s watch how Oranje B (they need the practice) handle Arg (prob B side) and make notes in case we meet them in the final. Meantime, focus preparation on Mex-Por (and Eng-Ger). There’s no way of controlling who we’ll play, even if we could guarantee a win against Arg.

Arg and Esp (nearly Ita) are the only teams to have played football to threaten Bra. They know how to play offensive possession, once ahead they switch to keep-ball. They don’t lose the ball cheaply, and they get it back quickly when it occassionally is lost.

Ned are currently some way off that: a quick fix and all the stars putting on an exhibition match only to bow out, exhausted, at the very-next hurdle is not the solution. The A team has earned a rest. They need to forget all the ifs, buts, maybes, pat themselves on the back and exercise their brains (usually an Oranje strength) on the teams playing superb possession football.

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