Mature del netherlands

We lost our opening game against France but there something changed in our he. Reuse this content.

But as Holland prepare for the Nations League final against Portugal on Sunday they sense the good times are returning again. Portugal will be another step up.

After that we played some really good matches.

Dutch football has a tendency to lurch from boom to bust and back again. This article is more than 3 years old.

Both players credit manager Ronald Koeman as another key factor. And this generation has a lot more potential to grow.

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We will be prepared. But it is not only their talent that impresses him but their maturity.

The Oranje have won only two of 13 matches against them sinceincluding the Battle of Nuremberg at the World Cupwhich featured four red and 16 yellow cards.

Ryan Babel is an elder statesman in the Netherlands side that will take on Portugal in the Nations League final.

Babel, part of the squad that day, is expecting a different game and result. He just carried on doing the same things we asked him to do and made up for his mistake by a goal.

But I am confident with our defence that we can make it difficult for him.