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Holland
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Louis van Gaal has confirmed he intends to retire from coaching despite the former Manchester United manager receiving an offer to manage a club in Asia where he would have earned £44m in three seasons
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Johan Cruyff’s influence is still felt but the decline of Dutch clubs and the national team has led to conflict about how the future should be shaped, Ruud Gullit tells Donald McRae
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The European champions, Portugal, suffered a 2-0 defeat away to Switzerland in their opening 2018 World Cup Group B qualifier
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There were goals aplenty in Bosnia and Bulgaria but none at all in Belarus as both Euro 2016 finalists faltered
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Roberto Martínez’s first match as Belgium coach ended in a 2-0 friendly defeat by Spain in Brussels
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Fenerbahce look set to name Dick Advocaat as coach after the Dutchman resigned just three months into his job as assistant to Holland’s Danny Blind
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The Dutchman never planned to go into management but at Reading he will use what he learned from Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United for his own vision
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From Kim Vilfort’s remarkable show of mental strenth to Francesco Toldo’s ‘psychological war’ on penalty takers – half a dozen sensational displays
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Brazil’s 1970 side are widely regarded as being the best World Cup side but who deserves that accolade when it comes to the European Championship?
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Spain have warmed up for Euro 2016 with a 6-1 win over South Korea while Russia were beaten by the Czech Republic
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The Guardian’s Euro 2016 interactive has profiles of all 552 players travelling to France. Here we pick 13 of our favourites
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Shane Long put Republic of Ireland in front on an encouraging night for Martin O’Neill’s side but Luuk de Jong earned a youthful Holland side a draw with five minutes remaining
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Shane Long scored again for Martin O’Neill’s side as Harry Arter made an impressive full debut
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Ireland face Holland with manager ready to wait for Belarus friendly and Tuesday’s deadline before finalising Euro 2016 squad for France
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O’Neill will decide Euro 2016 squad after final friendly against Belarus on deadline day and admitted trying to discover if Jamie Vardy had Irish ancestors
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England probably learned more from their loss to Holland than in the win over Germany, according to James Milner
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Wayne Rooney said he was excited to be part of an England squad with several attacking options, while Roy Hodgson insisted his team were unlucky against Holland
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Tributes to Johan Cruyff, improvisational brilliance from Jamie Vardy, Cristiano Ronaldo’s missed penalty – the best images from the international friendlies
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Those involved in creating England’s goal - Adam Lallana, Kyle Walker and the scorer, Jamie Vardy - impressed, but Danny Rose’s second cap won’t hold memories as fond as his first
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John Stones is surely England’s future in central defence but costly mistakes for club and country are eclipsing his gifts on the ball
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Ross Barkley believes England will still lean heavily on Wayne Rooney’s experience at Euro 2016 and said the captain, currently out injured, brings out the best out of a young squad
Georginio Wijnaldum: ‘Klopp was interested in my personal life and that was good for me’