TOM COLLOMOSSE: Despite producing global stars like Johan Cruyff‚ Dennis Bergkamp‚ Marco van Basten and Ronald Koeman‚ the Netherlands have never felt the joy of lifting the World Cup. And unless they learn to hold on to leads over the coming days and weeks‚ that drought will not end this summer. As the game's greatest prize eluded him as a player‚ Koeman is determined to make amends as a coach. But his team are far more dour than previous versions and in Japan‚ they had opponents who can cause plenty of damage in this tournament.

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