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...
challenge huge time
It was a huge challenge because we had not that much time to prepare.
friday moscow official sign
Everything is ready. On Friday I will go to Moscow for an official ceremony, and sign a two-year contract.
aware korea players supposed worked
In Korea it worked out because the players were aware of what they were supposed to do, but still it is in their hands.
close draw game matches missed positive today top
Everyone has to be on top of their game for these kind of matches and that was something we missed today. The only positive thing about today is the draw in the other match so it is still close in the group.
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.
coaching decision group people talk technical
We (the coaching staff) make the decision - I'd like to talk to my group of technical people and we make the in-principle decision,
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.
although ball half
We didn't play enough of the ball in the first half although we managed to get some corners,
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.
football bigs my-future
I can never predict my future because a big part of my future is already behind me.
guy share journalist
There are journalists I share a whole history with, so I tend to be generous to these guys, but those days are over...
boys proud
We can be proud of the boys -- what they did.
against chances create played satisfied
We didn't create a lot of chances in the first half. But I am satisfied with the way we played against such a well-organized opponent.
easy game quality settled
We settled down and scored some quality goals, but, yes, it was an easy game ... as we expected.