July 8, 2014
"Argentina
have got Messi, we've got Robben. And quite frankly, I think the better
player is Arjen," said van Marwijk, Holland's coach at the last World
Cup in South Africa four years ago.
"When I see how Robben is playing in this tournament, I have to admit I'm a little bit jealous. There's a big difference to 2010," van Marwijk told Dutch broadcaster NOS television.
The diving controversies which have shrouded Robben's campaign in Brazil cannot mask the fact that the Bayern Munich star has been Holland's most consistently effective attacker.
And that leaves van Marwijk confident that the Dutch are holding the trump card heading into the battle with Messi and Argentina in Sao Paulo.
"When I see how Robben is playing in this tournament, I have to admit I'm a little bit jealous. There's a big difference to 2010," van Marwijk told Dutch broadcaster NOS television.
The diving controversies which have shrouded Robben's campaign in Brazil cannot mask the fact that the Bayern Munich star has been Holland's most consistently effective attacker.
And that leaves van Marwijk confident that the Dutch are holding the trump card heading into the battle with Messi and Argentina in Sao Paulo.
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