Louis van Gaal, 66, gave an interview to the French newspaper LEquipe, analyzing some aspects of the Euro-2020. For the Dutch coach, for example, «Portugal and France are not teams».
“The best team must win, not the best individuals. I’ve been saying this for 40 years. The Dutch national team has fantastic players, but they don’t turn around. This also applies to Portugal or France. They are not teams, but a set of individuals,” he explained, pointing out: “Look at the example of Croatia and Switzerland. They were losing to Spain and France, but they fought to the end. Love it.”
“It’s a strange coincidence that the favorites who failed, like Portugal, France or Germany, have had a coach in place for seven, nine or fifteen years. They have confidence in the players, but I think about what they failed. It’s because the balance between the players and the coach is broken”, stressed Van Gaal, who is being appointed again in charge of the Netherlands national team.
“There has already been talk of my return when Koeman left for Barcelona. At that time it had 30 to 35 percent of the vote in the polls. I now have 80 percent. I’ll think about it, because being a selector is a very important position», he commented.
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