Edwin van der Sar about squatter against Argentina at World Cup ’98: ‘I told Ortega that he had a nice mother’ | football world cup

He is not proud of it, but the comment about Ariel Ortega’s mother did help him to ‘one of the best victories’ in 130 international matches. Edwin van der Sar (52) goes back 24 years and two days forward to the squatter against Argentina. Does the former top keeper of Orange advise Andries Noppert to provoke? “He has to do what he has been doing throughout the World Cup: keep well.”