Cruyff: "Quarter final is possible"
Monday 07 December 2009
Friday's draw for the World Cup
finals in South Africa revealed that it should be possible
for the national team of the Netherlands to make it
to the second round.
But what happens then?
A look at the schedule reveals
that the road to the final is blocked by the two teams
that are above Holland in the FIFA
World Ranking at the moment: Brazil and Spain.
Playing in Group
E Holland would face a team from Group F In round
2, which could be reigning World Champions Italy, Paraguay,
New Zealand or Slovakia.
But after that stage the going
gets tough, as it will most likely be either Brazil
or Spain in the quarter final.
Johan
Cruijff
seems to think that that's where the road will end for
the team of coach Bert van Marwijk.
"The draw is good to the extend
that it should be possible to reach the quarter final,
when Holland do what they must do. But they will travel
to South Africa to win the tournament and to achieve
that they will have to knock out either Brazil or Spain.
That is possible when you are well settled in the tournament
by that time, but you will be facing the current number
1 and 2 of the world. Holland are third on that list
and looking at the current situation I believe that
is the highest they can achieve."
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