Kees van Wonderen with legendary coach Wiel Coerver

Kees van Wonderen was famous as a player when he was 10 years old. He was one of the kids used in master coach Wiel Coerver’s Technique Videos. The lean and little talent couldn’t make the expected jump to the big clubs due to his physique. When he [...]

Mark van Bommel is positive about the progress of Oranje. It’s so good, that he doesn’t want to talk about who is the leader in the team. “No one claims leadership, which is the strength of this group.”
“I think we’re very well balanced. You can tell exactly what we want to achieve. Just look how [...]

Dutch club football may not amount to much anymore in international football, but players and coaches with a Dutch passport are still highly in demand. Success guaranteed.
In Australia, they know this already. In a recent daily article, Dutch football is named the most successful of the last 40 years. And with Pim Verbeek and Henk [...]

Team manager Van Marwijk added Eljero Elia to the Oranje selection for the Iceland and Norway games.
The 22 year old former Ajax youth player – selected as talent of the year, will make his debut in the national pride.
Wesley Sneijder won’t be fit in time. He is still recovering from a hamstring injury. Afellay already [...]

Bondscoach Bert van Marwijk invited thirteen players for three extra trainings sessions with Oranje. It’s mainly to keep Eredivisie players fit for the two upcoming internationals against Iceland and Norway, early June.
The last competition round is on May 10 and players that won’t have to play playoffs are allowed to take an early holiday. Van [...]

Bert van Marwijk: “Well, now it’s safe to say that if we don’t make it to the WC, I will resign…”
“But seriously,” he went on, “we knew this could be a tight match. They’re very good in the limited spaces and are a dangerous counter-team, so we needed to play smart, with confidence and with [...]

Something went wrong after the game when I wanted to post this. Sorry lads!
It’s early in the morning in Oz and I’m ready to watch our lads take on Macedonia live!
Well, live for me . Dodged the news flashes and comments, so all I know now is, we’re in for a grand match…
Macedonia coach [...]

Robin scores the 2-0…
How this team has grown… And I’m not referring to the victory over Scotland per se. I mean, they weren’t that good, were they?
But in general. We’ve seen San Marco qualify easily for two major tournaments. San Marco survived two Groups of Death ™. And got ousted after 1) a dreadful one [...]

And yet again, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar silences his criticasters the only way he can: by scoring goals, this time in the Real Madrid jersey. And even for Oranje, some people think he’s not good enough. “Ah well, I don’t want to focus on the negative…”, the Hunter says.
And what a sight it must have been. Huntelaar [...]

Bert lectures, the group listens…
Never before was there an Oranje team manager with so many fit internationals before two crucial qualification games.
So, this week Bert van Marwijk really strongly requests a high level of acceptance from his players. “We will never win the World Cup if certain players won’t be able to accept to be [...]