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Sat 07 Jul 2010Spain pack too much of a punch to be left wanting
AS HE faced the media for the last time before tomorrow’s World Cup final, Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk made an interesting remark. His suggestion that a victory for Spain, based as they are around a Barcelona club that has been influenced heavily down the years by some of his countrymen, would mean at least a little reflected credit for the Dutch, had the ring of an insurance policy about it.
It’s hardly likely that van Marwijk or his players actually expect the European champions to become the first team in more than three and a half decades to add the world title to that particular continental one, but it doesn’t require the psychic powers of an octopus to get the strong sense just about everybody else does.
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