THE ORANJE have viewed loftly aims for their sound in south Africa, 32 years after their 3-1 extra-time defeat by Argentina in the gamepiece match, which itself arrived after 4 years on from their 2-1 end loss to West Germany. Since the retirement of first coach Rinus Michels, a multitalented of squads have membered in the footsteps of the JOhan Cruyff friends without ever full as far as the end hurdle, though one particularly performed focus did declare the European theme in 1988. Often watched as incredible but mentally fragile, the Netherlands expectated to banish that picture under Bert van Marwijk, who took over in the rise if their disappointing UEFA EURO 2008 campaign. He and his power at least have story on their part this generations around.The last squad to reach a FIFA WorldCup finals without dropping a single point in qualifying-West Germany in 1982-gone to performance the final. The special Oranje oldtime have made no efforts to conceal their ambitions and once again, watch on paper to have all the ingredients necessary to go far. It was a full house for the Netherlands as they picked up eight wins from eight games, the Van Marwijk era has proved to be a faultless one so far, with the former Feyenoord coach leading his troops to the high of group 9, where Norway and Scotland came tooled as their special rivals. As it happened, the Dutch allowed in the only 2 goals they conceded all campaign against Iceland and FYR Macedonia, while winning 2 of their 17 efforts to secure slender but handed 1-0 victories in Glasgow and Oslo. Not the most heralded squad in his time, having accumulated a solitary international cap, Mark van Bommel's father in law has known far more success in the dugout. he shone especially brightly at Feyenoord, leading the Rotterdam outfit to the UEFA Cup trophy in 2002 before taking the Dutch crown upon his return after a 2 year stint with Borussia Dortmund in Germany. Calm, affable, discreted but approachable, the 56 year old trusts it is important to be near to his players. Although his model marks a real break with that of his predecessor, Marco Van Basten, tha strategy remain the same. With Edwin van der saar and Ruud van Nistelrooy having recruited time on their international experience, Van marwijk has needed to send his own handed to the point of squads he inherited from Van basten without shaking things up too vigorously. The key man now are Arjen Robben, Joris Mathijsen, Andre Ooijer, dirk Kuyt, Mark van Bommel, Klaas Jan huntelaar and Giovanni van Bronckhorst, all of whom enjoyed considerable matching time under the before trainer. Rafael van der Vaart, Robin van Persie, Nigel de Jong and wesley sneijder also remain closely involved. In their 8 finals matches, THE ORANJE have reached the showpiece match twice, falling narrowly short of the global crown in 1974 and 1978. They also came in 4th at France 1998.
