Van Gaal continues at the Orange press conference: ,,I am Louis van Gaal, a small man who gives his opinion. But they don’t listen to me. I think it should be with my curriculum.”
What is the solution? “Play fewer games. It’s that simple. Smaller leagues. Players are now in the lowest place. That should be the top spot. UEFA is throwing in a third competition. A Jut and Jul competition. In the first phase this is Jut and Jul, it is not until the final phase. But hey, it all costs money, doesn’t it.”
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The question is therefore whether Orange can put high pressure on the current system for 90 minutes. ,,Players play so much because of the schedule and also because of the corona crisis, that they become overtired. So you have to train in such a way that you can sustain it for 90 minutes. But I understand that is difficult. However, we can also dose in it.”
National coach Louis van Gaal with assistant trainer Henk Fraser last Sunday during a training session of the Dutch national team.
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Snow before the sun
The fact that Virgil van Dijk indicated earlier in the week that he also likes a 4-3-3 system is only nice for the national coach, he says. ,,I want nothing more than for them to give their opinion and add something. Coaching in the field is the same, for example. That is also one of my comments, I think we should give more pressure on the ball through coaching.”
He was satisfied with the morning training: ,,As snow in the sun, everything went fantastic.” He does not want to say too much about setups and systems. “I don’t want to reveal that. We want to make it as difficult as possible for those Germans. But everyone can play, but not everyone can play twice 90 minutes. I want to see players in certain players. Other players.”