Guus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink
Guus Hiddink; born 8 November 1946) is a Dutch football manager and former player. Hiddink enjoyed a long career playing as a midfielder in his native Netherlands, playing for sides such as De Graafschap and NEC Nijmegen, as well as some time spent playing in the United States. Since retiring from playing the game in 1982, Hiddink has gone on to enjoy an illustrious career in management, leading both clubs and countries from across the globe to achieve various titles...
against bigger boys budget chances easy finishing five milan played problem proud six team tonight
The problem tonight was finishing off. I'm proud of the boys, the way they played against a team with a budget five times bigger than us. But I always like to get a result. It's not easy to get six chances against Milan in this stadium, which we did.
ambitious aware coach increase national players potential successful team technical within
I'm an ambitious coach and I want to be successful here in Russia. There is a lot of technical potential within Russia's national team and if the players are aware of their potential I think they can increase their level.
boys damage defend expect flight knows mentally proud sydney team
We just have to see what damage is done physically, ... but mentally I'm very proud of the boys. I have a long flight to think what we can do tactically. It's in our hands, but I expect Uruguay to come to Sydney to defend - and they are a team which knows how to defend.
budget came fatal great half proved qualified result score second smallest team
We came here also to try and score, and not just to defend. In the second half we wanted to score another goal, and Beasley came up with it. That proved fatal for Monaco, but it was a great result for us. We must be the team with the smallest budget of all the qualified teams.
knocked team
We have been knocked out by a team that does not get the international recognition it deserves.
achieved chances compliments despite gave pressure team
Despite all the pressure we only gave away two chances and I have to give my team the compliments for the way they achieved this result.
lean rely team
This is not a team to lean back and rely on just one or two counter-attacks each half.
against champions physical result satisfied starts strength team worse
I'm satisfied with this result against a team with physical and tactical strength.....we have had more worse starts in the Champions League.
angry best control experience game learned settle team
I didn't say anything to the team afterwards, ... When I get angry after a game I have learned from experience that it's best that I control myself and let things settle down a bit.
almost august champions league main target team
If you see where this team started in August with qualifying for the Champions League as the main target and now we're in the semifinal, it is almost unthinkable the development this team went through and what they achieved.
team moving decision
You can't have three defenders moving up and one going back. The decisions a team makes are important. As a whole.
team responsible should
I am responsible for the team and a journalist should be responsible for his article.
football team way
Counter football is not something weak teams only can do by the way. It is sometimes said in a way as if counter football is inferior. It's not.
continue few group opportunity players work
I've now had the opportunity to work with this group of players a few times and we continue to make improvements,