“It’s not a strange feeling at all — it’s a joyous one. It’s like you’ve got two kids playing on opposite teams in a World Cup final, you root for both of them. The fact I’ve got Sarina coaching theDutch … if the Dutch do happen to win, the pain of seeing my country losing will be a lot less, I promise you.”

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