Some quotes/comments from the Dutch
Ruud van Nistelrooy has expressed doubts about the strength of character of the Netherlands side ahead of Wednesday's Euro 2004 play-off with Scotland.
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"But that passion is lacking so much from the Dutch team. In our team we have too many people who are not prepared to go the extra yard - people who want to win at all costs."
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Barcelona's Kluivert was quoted saying that he would prefer to be playing him up front without Van Nistelrooy - and went on to claim his team-mates preferred passing to the Manchester United player instead of him.
On Monday Kluivert insisted that he had been misquoted but said:
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"I agree that the chemistry between me and Ruud was not very good. "But I am pretty confident that I can play with him."
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Dutch coach Dick Advocaat has come in for savage criticism in his homeland after the first leg loss and much of that has concentrated on the partnership of Van Nistelrooy and Patrick Kluivert.
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"There was nothing wrong with my tactics, it was the players who did not carry out my instructions," Advocaat fumed.
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