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<title>Dijkshoorn: Van Vossen can suffer, Huntelaar can't...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/?p=3371</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-11-22 04:17:00</dc:created>
<description>I keep translating Bert Dijkshoorn's pieces. I love them :-)

It's weird. Men who work in factories and have to sort apples all day... Put them ...</description>
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<title>Huntelaar wants to be important!</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/huntelaar-wants-to-be-important.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-09-04 18:23:04</dc:created>
<description>

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored eight goals in six games for Madrid but his third coach in 6 months didn't want to have him training with the ...</description>
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<title>Oranje 1974: Johan Neeskens</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/oranje-1974-johan-neeskens.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-08-18 05:01:49</dc:created>
<description>

Dutch football brought forward many great talents. The best of them all - and debatable: the world - was Johan Cruyff. The Einstein of the ...</description>
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<title>Mendes Da Silva:  AZ's new engine on midfield</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/mendes-da-silva-azs-new-engine-on-midfield.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-08-01 00:05:34</dc:created>
<description>

Seven years after their first cooperation AZ midfielder and coach Ronald Koeman meet again. The 2002-03 season was the worst in the career of the ...</description>
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<title>Johan Neeskens doesnt recognize his ol' Ajax...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/johan-neeskens-doesnt-recognize-his-ol-ajax.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-07-04 10:50:12</dc:created>
<description>

Former Ajax star Johan Neeskens doesn't get it anymore. The current Galatasaray assistant coach sees a team playing in the Ajax jersey, and in the ...</description>
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<title>In Frank's and Henk's smoking room....</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/in-franks-and-henks-smoking-room.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-06-29 06:43:11</dc:created>
<description>

Column in VI

Eleven years ago, Louis van Gaal showed me around in the Camp Nou. The new Barca coached had revamped the old-fashioned chambers in ...</description>
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<title>Bert van Marwijk at home in South Africa</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/bert-van-marwijk-at-home-in-south-africa.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-06-21 04:10:19</dc:created>
<description>

Bert van Marwijk is soaking up impressions at the Confederations Cup in South Africa, one year prior to the real WC. His conclusions for now...

The ...</description>
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<title>Frank Rijkaard, reluctant superstar...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/frank-rijkaard-reluctant-superstar.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-06-20 12:11:51</dc:created>
<description>

Frank Rijkaard is back in the top of European club football. After taking a rest for a year, the 46 year old Amsterdam born chose ...</description>
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<title>Dutch ambassador coaches Van Marwijk</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/dutch-ambassador-coaches-van-marwijk.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-06-16 11:16:37</dc:created>
<description>

Team manager Bert van Marwijk will inspect the venue where Oranje will plan their training session in South Africa. The Wits University grounds are selected ...</description>
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<title>We screwed up once before in Iceland!</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/we-screwed-up-once-before-in-iceland.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-06-06 04:17:10</dc:created>
<description>
Oranje in 1982 standing from left to right: Dick Schoenaker (Ajax), Ben Wijnstekers (Feyenoord), Michel van de Korput (Torino), Ruud Gullit (Feyenoord), Hans van Breukelen ...</description>
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<title>Barca is the best!</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/barca-is-the-best.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-05-27 16:33:04</dc:created>
<description>

Before this CL finals, we could have filled many pages with comments on this game. The two strongest teams in Europe facing off. Two footballing ...</description>
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<title>This is the best Barca ever...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/this-is-the-best-barca-ever.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-05-26 22:40:11</dc:created>
<description>

If Pep Guardiola would be the dj in Rome this Wednesday, he'd play Coldplay's Viva La Vida in the stadium. &quot;I tend to rule the ...</description>
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<title>Frank Rijkaard: I still want to coach!</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/frank-rijkaard-i-still-want-to-coach.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-05-24 08:03:28</dc:created>
<description>Thanks to FIFA.com


It's been nearly a year since Frank Rijkaard departed the limelight and the Dutch legend has had ample time since to reflect on ...</description>
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<title>Louis van Gaal to Bayern Munich till 2011...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/louis-van-gaal-to-bayern-munich-till-2011.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-05-13 23:11:33</dc:created>
<description>...or until he's sacked :-).


Seconds after this pic was taken, Rummenigge apparently frenchkissed Scheringa...

Bayern's management traveled to Alkmaar to negotiate with Dirk Scheringa about Van ...</description>
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<title>Ajax: now what?</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/ajax-now-what.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-05-07 06:35:03</dc:created>
<description>

After Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten is the third AC Milan crack failing as an Eredivisie coach. 

Like his Milan buddies, Van ...</description>
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<title>Rijkaard forgotten in Barcelona</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/rijkaard-forgotten-in-barcelona.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-04-22 22:14:16</dc:created>
<description>

When the dad entered Camp Nou for the home game against Bayern Munich, he said to his son: &quot;One this is crucial. What ever happens...don't ...</description>
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<title>Kesler brings the KNVB back to the 19th century...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/kesler-brings-the-knvb-back-to-the-19th-century.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-04-04 07:22:42</dc:created>
<description>
Leo Echteld....

With all the great news surrounding Oranje, you'd almost forget we still have this antagonist in the background, who could potentially ruin things... It's ...</description>
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<title>Rob Witschge looks back at Ajax - Marseille</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/rob-witschge-looks-back-at-ajax-marseille.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-03-11 20:30:02</dc:created>
<description>

Sometimes you find an interesting in depth look at how players experienced certain matches in their career. Rob Witschge looks back at Ajax' classic semi ...</description>
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<title>Where are they now: Bryan Roy</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/where-are-they-now-bryan-roy.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2009-01-05 00:45:29</dc:created>
<description>

Bryan Roy played 32 caps for Oranje. Developed at Ajax, he played for Foggia, Nottingham Forest and Hertha BSC. The former left winger tells us ...</description>
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<title>Hedwiges Maduro finally settles in Valencia</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/hedwiges-maduro-finally-settles-in-valencia.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-12-22 18:57:48</dc:created>
<description>

Hedwiges Maduro was hailed as Ajax and Oranje's next big thing. Before Babel and Emanuelson broke into the team, Maduro's name and reputation preceded his ...</description>
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<title>Cor Coster: Holland's most famous father-in-law</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/background-stories/cor-coster-hollands-most-famous-father-in-law.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-11-27 00:20:27</dc:created>
<description>
Johan and Ome Cor...

He never hit a ball. Didn't wear a football shirt. But still, he was one of Holland's most influential people in football. ...</description>
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<title>Oranje has never been more Dutch...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/oranje-has-never-been-more-dutch.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-11-19 03:48:39</dc:created>
<description>

Dirk plays the ball to Dirk. Bert ask Bert questions. We never had such an typical Dutch team as our current one. Oranje smells of ...</description>
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<title>Van Marwijk gains credibility by selecting Van Bommel</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/van-marwijk-gains-credibility-by-selecting-van-bommel.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-08-28 07:15:45</dc:created>
<description>

Johan Derksen's column in www.vi.nl

It was a point of discussion immediately after his appointment. Would Bert van Marwijk, the new Oranje team manager, select his ...</description>
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<title>Here it is: The Best Oranje Ever!</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/here-it-is-the-best-oranje-ever.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-07-08 05:08:00</dc:created>
<description>And now it's time to start criticing me (after all the compliments) because I really wanted to make a cool pic with the mugshots of ...</description>
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<title>And to top it off...The Best Coach...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/and-to-top-it-offthe-best-coach.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-07-07 20:07:20</dc:created>
<description>We'll have our team soon... We're counting the ballots. But who is to coach this motley crew?

 And the Best Oranje coach would be....  ...</description>
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<title>Marco looks ahead to France...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/marco-looks-ahead-to-france.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-06-12 02:00:33</dc:created>
<description>

&quot;We shouldn't be named favorites after one good match,&quot; said Marco van Basten in the run up to the France game. &quot;We are not there ...</description>
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<title>Oranje 1988 still going strong...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/background-stories/oranje-1988-still-going-strong.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-06-06 06:26:12</dc:created>
<description>

Marco van Basten was the star player in Rinus Michels squad in 1988. The AC Milan striker would lead the way to the title. And ...</description>
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<title>Real Madrid humiliates Barca!</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/international/real-madrid-humiliates-barca.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-05-07 19:51:57</dc:created>
<description>

Real Madrid's title party has been extended. The new champs beat rival Barcelona 4-1 in Madrid, pushing the Rijkaard managed team into qualifications football for ...</description>
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<title>Play Offs in Dutch Eredivisie and other news...</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/dutch-eredivisie/play-offs-in-dutch-eredivisie-and-other-news.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-05-02 18:11:46</dc:created>
<description>

Quickly some results from the Dutch Play Offs:

Mario Been's NEC defeated Roda JC in their first match and NEC has good chances to go to ...</description>
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<title>Cocu: Barcelona's passion for football has gone</title>
<link>http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/background-stories/cocu-barcelonas-passion-for-football-has-gone.html</link>
<dc:author>Jan</dc:author>
<dc:created>2008-05-01 04:37:52</dc:created>
<description>

Phillip Cocu was a trusted lieutenant on Barca's midfield for years. The former Oranje star is currently ending his imposing career in the Arabian Gulf.

Cocu: ...</description>
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