Netherlands – Ph. Cocu: “We'll have to be very strong to be able to beat Argentina”

Netherlands – Ph. Cocu: “We’ll have to be very strong to be able to beat Argentina”

03.07.98 21h13 CET

Comments made in MARSEILLE

Franc DE BOER (4), Captain:

“If we can stop Ariel ORTEGA (10), Gabriel BATISTUTA (9) and Juan VERON (11), we have a chance of eliminating ARGENTINA.”

Marc OVERMARS (14):

“I’ll be testing my thigh injury tomorrow morning to see if I can play with it. After having seen how ENGLAND performed against ARGENTINA, I think the NETHERLANDS has a possibility of winning. I’m relatively optimistic as to my participation, if not, Phillip COCU (11) could take my place.”

Edgar DAVIDS (16):

“With regard to match n°56: FRANCE-ITALY (quarter-final), they are both very strong teams. If we have to resort to a penalty shoot-out, I think it will be more of a kind of lottery or a question of luck than a question of keeping one’s cool. As for me, I’m in good physical condition.”

Phillip COCU (11):

“It’s hot, which should give the advantage to the Argentines. We’ll have to score quickly so that our opponents leave themselves open to attack. ARGENTINA is a very good team: one of the favourites for the title. We’ll have to be very strong to be able to beat them.”