Marco Basten
Marco Basten
dutch enormous father football grand loss man passing training
The passing away of the grand old man of the training camp, the father of Dutch football, is an enormous loss for the football world.
We will not be going for a 0-0 draw.
improve performance positive top won
We won and are on top now, that's positive but we have to improve our performance,
break half hardly played poor
We played a very poor first half and hardly got any better after the break
difficulty faced minute
From the first minute we faced a lot of difficulties,
failed moments opponents overall played raise struggled
Some moments we played well but overall we struggled with our opponents because we failed to raise the pace.
fit prognosis whether
We'll have to see whether he's fit in time. I can't make a prognosis about that now,
attractive build initiative offensive orange players pleasure proof putting staff team
This staff intends to build a team which is offensive and attractive where the players must show proof of initiative and especially take pleasure in putting on the orange jersey.
countries history motivated rich skilled start sure tough
They're all countries with a rich history and technically skilled players. We're going to make sure that we're well motivated from the start. If you start out with a tough one you immediately know what you are worth.
belgium competition counter countries france germany joint money splash strength
I think the Netherlands and Belgium should set up a joint competition. This way we can counter the (financial) strength of countries like Britain, Spain, Italy, France and Germany where they just splash money about.
absolutely impressed playing pleased
Robin's development is absolutely amazing. I am really impressed by the way he is playing and training. I have never been so pleased with him.
amazing best robin talent
Robin is an amazing talent. Technically, he is the best in Holland.
absence job moment selecting tough
Patrick is doing well at the moment after a long absence and it is his job to give us a tough job selecting the squad.
both caps few football good human impression last left player
He left a good impression in his last few caps both as a football player and as a human being,