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...
easy game quality settled
We settled down and scored some quality goals, but, yes, it was an easy game ... as we expected.
deserved win
We deserved this win but we should have scored more than one goal.
goals knew men needing score second three
When we started the second half, with 10 men and needing to score three goals ... we knew it was impossible.
budget budgets changed players
By the look of things the budget for players has changed too.
coach free given hand korea national nobody obstacle puts slightest south work
As national coach you are given a free hand to work like you are used to, like I have as coach of Netherlands, South Korea and Australia. Nobody puts the slightest obstacle in your way.
days few fit ideas planning program soon special talked work
I talked with (Liverpool manager) Rafael Benitez a few days ago about him and we were planning to get him in a special program to have him fit as soon as possible. I have my ideas and Benitez has his ideas and we will work on this to get him fit as soon as possible.
adapting debut desperate developed european full game hand pace physically since time tonight
That was not a desperate choice, ... He's been adapting to the pace of our game ever since we started the preseason campaign, and he has developed physically as well. Tonight we thought it time to hand him his full debut on the European stage.
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.
began brazil cheer drew group won
When we drew Brazil there was a group of Australians who began to cheer as if we had just won 3-0.