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Katanec: "Oranje consists of world
stars"
Wednesday 01 April 2009
Srecko Katanec, coach of the national
football team of Macedonia, says Holland have a good
chance to be the best in the world.
The Macedonian selector thinks
Holland are candidates to win the World Cup 2010 in
South Africa.
"The team consists of only
world stars," Katanec said in praise of their upcoming
opponents.
"Bert van Marwijk has found
a good balance for his team. Oranje might do very well
in South Africa. Holland can expose any weakness of
an opponent and they always have some trumps on the
bench."
But Katanec does not thing that
his side are without chance against Holland, as he thought
his team did well in the first encounter (1-2).
"I think we were their equals
then. I have faith in these lads, we play well and we
create chances. So why shouldn't something nice happen
for us."
Group
standings
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"The intellectualisation
of football has
always foundered
on a simple problem-
-the players. Doing
all your most
rewarding thinking
with your feet seems
to dull the philo-
sophical impulse.
Unless, of course,
you are Dutch.
According to legend,
Europeans played
a moronic, muscular
version of the world's
game, until Holland
proclaimed its vision
of total football in the
1974 World Cup,
and enlightenment
dawned."
From:
Brilliant
Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
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