“Go home, if you’re bored and don’t like the team’s style”said the 71-year-old Dutch coach, after the match that “Orange” beat the host Qatar 2-0, a score that allowed him to secure first place in group A of the ecumenical competition.
The former Barcelona coach had some verbal disputes with a group of Dutch journalists who questioned the team’s performance at a press conference.
When a journalist insinuated that a large part of the fans, through social networks, expressed their feeling of disenchantment with the collective operation, Van Gaal stressed that “all the Dutch fans will be quite proud that we are advancing to the second round of a World Cup”as reproduced by The Sun.
“I think things are not as bad as you say,” he snapped at a professional who suggested that the Netherlands’ “style of play” “is boring”.
“I don’t think your opinion is correct. You are wrong”, answered Van Gaal, who also led the national team in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, reaching third place in the final standings.
The Netherlands ranked first in Group A of the World Cup, with 7 units, after beating Senegal (2-0) and Qatar (2-0), as well as rescuing an equality with Ecuador (1-1).
Source: Ambito
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