Marco Basten
Marco Basten
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.
difficulty faced minute
From the first minute we faced a lot of difficulties,
happened
A lot happened with him this summer. We'll have to see how that ends.
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.
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.
aims change prepare shine summer team
That doesn't change our aims in any way ? to prepare our young team to shine this summer in Germany.
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.
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.
satisfied
I'm satisfied with the result, but not with the way we played,
forward happy looking
I'm happy for Salomon for this decision. I'm looking forward to working with him.
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.
fit prognosis whether
We'll have to see whether he's fit in time. I can't make a prognosis about that now,
improve performance positive top won
We won and are on top now, that's positive but we have to improve our performance,