Edwin van der Sar regrets saying ‘no’ to the 2010 World Cup | Football
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Edwin van der Sar regrets saying ‘no’ to the 2010 World Cup | Football

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sport">Van der Sar, now general manager of Ajax, was under the bar no less than 130 times at Orange between 1995 and 2008, but it could have been more duels if he had succumbed to the call of then national coach Bert van Marwijk. “What a regret I had when the Netherlands reached the final,” says Van der Sar opposite Our orange.

sport">After his retirement in 2008, Van der Sar returned for two international matches to help the Dutch national team during two World Cup qualifying matches. After that he was approached to go to the 2010 World Cup. “But I am not Heintje Davids, to return for the third time.”

sport">Van der Sar felt regret when he saw that the Orange reached the World Cup final. „I had contact with Giovanni van Bronckhorst during the tournament. One day before the final I told him: ‘I will enter the final with very mixed feelings. I hope for you and the whole country that you win it, but I don’t know if I can live with myself when that happens ”.”

Edwin van der Sar—

Edwin van der Sar

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