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: It's not really my place to talk about Dutch football, except that
: I watched Dennis Bergkamp for 10 years (and Marc Overmars for a
: few), but would you agree it is particularly bad for Hiddink,
: being Dutch, as the tradition for the Dutch team is generally a
: few beautiful glorious wins, punctuated by loses to more
: pragmatic teams and some self destructive infighting. Certainly
: if you want defensive efficiency and winning without playing,
: you need to look over the border to the old enemy, Germany.
: Hiddink was certainly not following the tradition of Cruyff,
: Rep, Van Basten and Bergkamp last night! Actually for the last
: twenty years there has been a big Dutch influence for Barca, but
: now I guess there is none.

: Let's hope barca can win the final!