Andries Jonker: “I feel that America is no longer…

Oranje Leivinen got off to a good start at the World Cup with a 1-0 win over Portugal. The Netherlands can now focus on their second group game against top seed USA. National coach Andries Jonger doesn’t think the Orange have a chance.

“When the United States came first in the draw, I was not happy, but I was also not happy when the play-off winner came out; we already expected Portugal. We are in one of the strongest groups of this World Cup, but we can beat anyone,” says in conversation with Jonker. International football.

The national coach is optimistic. “We’re confident we can win; there’s a feeling that America is no longer on top. We have to be first to see how far we can go. We’re going to play for what it’s worth. With all due respect to America, we’re not scared. We’re going first in the group and we want to go back to Sydney, we loved it,” Jonker said.

Midfielder Daniel van de Donk is also of interest. “We have taken a big step to the next round, the first game has now been played and I think we can handle America.”