THE VIEW FROM NETHERLANDS

“He knows what he wants and he has got vision. If Frank can totally focus on football, with a coaching staff he can trust, then he is a tremendous coach. On the pitch, he was always coaching and now he has become wiser and more mature off the pitch as well.” Ronald de Boer, Frank’s twin

brother and ESPN pundit

“The Netherlands can make it to the quarter-finals and from that moment luck, penalties and having a good or bad day will decide how far they will come. The postponement was an advantage because they have gained extra experience playing top matches.”

Aad de Mos, former coach and pundit