Is this a sign that Dutch coaches and their system of play (the classical 4-3-3) are (one of) the best there is?
(also keep in mind Barca play 4-3-3 under a Dutch coach).
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Marco van Basten - The Netherlands
Leo Beenhakker - Trinidad and Tobago
Guus Hiddink - Australia (and also PSV)
Dick Advocaat - South Korea
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Must be the first time so many coaches from the same country on a world cup!
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with all due respect to dutch footie and the greats in this line up of coaches, the only team that has any chance of accomplishing anythign is netherlands. Rest of teh teams are mostly andhon mein kana raaja and thats why they are in the world cup.
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Dick Advocaat joined south korea just recently and same goes for Hiddink. So the stateent lacks a bit of historicaly base to go with.
I agree with Fraudia that only Netherlands can hope to have any hopes for the WC.
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i agree that the WC is yet to start, but the fact that such teams suddenly will show up on the WC is a great feat in itself:
that Australia will qualify for the play-offs from the Oceania groups is logical, but for 20-odd yrs they couldn't manage to win the play-off: with Hidding they suddenly can
Advocaat joined S Korea only recently, but he continued the legacy of 4-3-3 that was put forth again by Hiddink: before he joind SK, they had never won a match in a WC, and with the 4-3-3 they suddenly managed to reach the semis. Furthermore, SK only recently beat Serbia 4-1 (?). And Serbia ended ahead of Spain in their qualifying group, I think
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"Total Football" is the most exciting form of soccer, if not the best.
Van Basten has only lost a single game (against Italy) after he has been appointed as national coach, and Netherlands are the ultimate favorites for the trophy.
Hiddink has a bad habbit of losing in the semis, he did that with Netherlands (against Brazil) and Korea (against Germany) in 2 consecutive WCs, he is on hat-trick. Not sure if he has enough chance this time. (He can't get 3rd position as well).
If all African nations appoint Pakistani coaches, then that can level the Dutch, I guess. They have very slight chances of winning the WC, so why not appoint Pakistani coaches?
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apart from national coaches, just look at dutch coaches in non-dutch leagues:
Rijkaard's Barcelona is arguably the best side in the world
Dick Jol's Tottenham is playing very good football this season, perhaps only bettered by Chelsea.
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Barcelona has performed well under Dutch coaches and in recent years, a Dutch coach is appointed in place of another Dutch coach. Barcelona is the second Dutch team or simply a spanish team hacked by the Dutch. A few years back it had more Dutch players than Spanish. Some people will even call it "Ajax Barcelona"
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well, 4 coaches and Don Leo has already pulled off a surprise :k:
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well TnT against Sweden can already be seen as a great performance :nahnah:
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after Don Leo and San Marco, now Guus Hiddink gave a great performance with his team.
So, now only General Dick needs to prove himself tomorrow 
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so after the second bout of matches, one can still safely say that the dutch coaches have performed excellent:
Don Leo: he managed to put England under pressure to score. england managed it only after a clear foul by Crouch. Tactically the Don easily won from Sven.
San Marco: You can see the Italian flavour coming into the Dutch side: they play beautifully for the first 30 minutes and after grabbing the lead are only defending. Of all the coaches he is the least experienced and it showed. Nevertheless the most likely to go far in the tournament
General Dick: Managing a draw against the ‘mighty’ French side. Hiddink did marvellous 4 years back, but irrespective of that, I think the small General is doing a great job: first he managed the first-ever Korean WC-victory outside Korea and now the draw.
Guus Hiddink: It speaks for itself if you say that rather than Brazil, it was the australians who dominated the match. Although Brazil had possession they were not dangerous even once in the first half. Hiddink had everything under control. In the second half, after a goal by Adriano -which wasn’t much teamwork but rather individual skill- the Aussies totally dominated the Brazilians and pushed them back in their own box. Shame for a team that considers itself favourite to win the WC :nono:
It was a Hiddink masterclass :k:
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all 4 coaches are out 