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ADVOCAAT TO GO WITH KLUIVERT-VAN DER VAART
Holland coach Dick Advocaat has said that he will use the duo Kluivert-Van der Vaart as a striking force against the Scots. Monday night he explained in football talkshow
Voetbal Insite on Dutch channel RTL5 that, "Van Nistelrooy has used up all his credit. He doesn't score and that's it."
Not that the decision came easily to him, "Of course it's dreadful to see that the two best strikers in Europe can't co-operate for queen and country but that's the way it is and no player is bigger than the team or, in this case, the nation!"
So why not leave out Kluivert then, the presenter asked. The coach's reasons were easy and fair, "Kluivert scores and he's excellent in both ball possession and loss of that. He's a team player and he does his job well."
From www.vi.nl
Translated by Erik