Holland are on the brink of 行方不明の out on Euro 2016, just 14 months after they finished third at the World Cup... so where has it all gone wrong for the Dutch?

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Little over a year ago, Holland were a 刑罰，罰則 shoot-out away from the World Cup final. Now they stand on the brink of not even reaching the European 選手権s.

Sunday night's 敗北・負かす to Turkey means that Danny Blind's 味方する now 直面する an 上りの／困難な 戦う／戦い even to 選ぶ up a play-off place - in what should have been their easiest ever qualifying （選挙などの）運動をする.

So how have the 味方する which placed third at the World Cup, and were 走者s up four years earlier, fallen so far, so 急速な／放蕩な?

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Dutch midfielder Davy Klaasen looks dejected as Holland were left on the brink of Euro 2016 排除／予選

A 行方不明の 世代

Much has been made of the ageing Dutch 世代 of superstars, with the likes of コマドリ 先頭 Persie, Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder, the 星／主役にするs for so long, all the wrong 味方する of 30.

But Holland have plenty of young talent coming up through their 階級s. Memphis Depay is the stand-out 指名する, but 12 of Blind's 現在の squad are 老年の 24 or under.

The problem, then, lies in between. Of the starting line-up against Turkey, just two were between the ages of 26 and 30 - in other words, in their footballing 頂点（に達する）.

コマドリ 先頭 Persie and Wesley Sneijder are both the wrong 味方する of 30, as Holland's old guard begins to 崩壊する

Those two were Ajax goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen - still young for his position - and 十分な 支援する Gregory 先頭 der Wiel, a 27-year-old with 46 ca ps but who is yet to play for PSG this season having fallen 負かす／撃墜する the つつく／ペックing order at the French 支持する／優勝者s.

The 世代 which reached the 半分-決勝戦 at the 2013 U21 Euros should be ready to take over, but that cohort are still young to be carrying a nation's hopes.?

Memphis Depay has shown there is young talent coming through, but very few players already at their 頂点（に達する）

Papering over the 割れ目s

Not only do Holland 欠如（する） players at their 頂点（に達する）, but they may also be 苦しむing from overinflated 期待s.?

The 業績／成果 in Brazil was みごたえのある ーに関して／ーの点でs of results, but a World Cup comes 負かす／撃墜する to 狭くする 利ざやs and, aside from the 勝利，勝つ over Spain, Holland weren't 現実に all that impressive.

They つまずくd past a poor Australian 味方する having been 2-1 behind and won a dead rubber agai nst Chile. In the last 16 they needed a 議論の的になる 刑罰，罰則 to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Mexico in 停止 time after 追跡するing with just two minutes to play, before （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Costa Rica - hardly a footballing powerhouse - on 刑罰，罰則s forllowing a goal-いっそう少なく draw to reach the 半分-決勝戦.

コマドリ 先頭 Persie's 飛び込み header against Spain was one of the 最高潮の場面s of last year's World Cup

< p class="imageCaption">With 先頭 Persie 得点する／非難する／２０ing goals under Louis 先頭 Gaal, Holland were 広範囲にわたって 賞賛するd during the World Cup

にもかかわらず finishing third therefore, and all the accolades they received as a result, Holland 基本的に only played 井戸／弁護士席 once in the tournament. ?

That 業績／成就 has earned many of the players big-money moves, with 15 of the 24 men 伴う／関わるd (if you 含む 経営者／支配人 Louis 先頭 Gaal) since having made a 移転, with most joining bigger clubs.

But few have really impressed in the last year, and it may just be that the Dutch 味方する of 2014 has been 本気で over-率d. ?

Holland were 現実に fortunate at several 行う／開催する／段階s at the World Cup, 含むing getting a 刑罰，罰則 for this dive

管理／経営

Louis 先頭 Gaal may not yet have Manchester 部隊d playing Total Football, but his 出発, it seems, has left a 力／強力にする vacuum in the Dutch 始める，決める-up.

Guus Hiddink's return lasted just 10 months, with the 68-yera-old winning just four of his 10 matches in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金.

Now Danny Blind, his 交替／補充, is already having to quash rumours that he will be the next man to go - the former Ajax defender has lost both of his two games in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金. ??

Blind 主張するs he will not even consider 辞職するing, but 猛烈に needs to start getting results.?

Danny Blind has struggled, with 敗北・負かすs in both of his two games in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 since 取って代わるing Guus Hiddink

Club 低迷

Underlying Holland's international 低迷 is a real failing in their 国内の league.?

No Dutch club has reached the knock-out 行う／開催する／段階s of the 支持する／優勝者s League since 2007, when PSV （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 兵器庫 before 存在 thrashed by Liverpool.?

This season Ajax have failed to get through qualifying for the 最高の，を越す 競争, so only one club will be in the group 行う／開催する／段階s, with PSV's 大勝する to the last 16 いっそう少なく than straight-今後.

Ajax were knocked out of the 支持する／優勝者s League in the third qualifying 一連の会議、交渉／完成する, losing to 早い Vienna

The poor 業績／成果 of their clubs in Europe could see Holland lose any (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 qualifying 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs

Holland's league is now 階級d as the 10th best in Europe and could 井戸／弁護士席 slip 負かす／撃墜する again next season thanks to the 複雑にするd 計算／見積りs that UEFA 階級 clubs on - which would see them lose even one (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 資格 位置／汚点／見つけ出す.?

All of that means that 最高の，を越す Dutch talent has to move abroad to develop at the highest level - and 星／主役にするs therefore 結局最後にはーなる leaving 早期に.

No longer can the 広大な／多数の／重要な Ajax 味方するs bring through a 世代 of Dutch 星／主役にするs - now they 出発／死, mostly for the 首相 League, before they've 円熟したd - and this means some internationals spending too much time on the （法廷の）裁判.

Ibrahim Afellay is the perfect example, 傷害s and the 質 of his team-mates 妨げるing him breaking through at Barcelona, and now, having drifted around Europe, is yet to ?impress for Stoke City.

The last time a Dutch 味方する reached the knock-out 行う／開催する／段階s of the 支持する／優勝者s League was way 支援する in 2006/07

Bad luck

にもかかわらず all the problems, both systematic and personal, afflicting the 現在の Dutch squad, they can also point to some serious bad luck.

First, their group is one of the tou ghest around, with アイスランド - so の近くに to making the last World Cup and 現在／一般に 主要な the group - coming from マリファナ five. They could have been given Macedonia, Cyprus or Georgia instead.

Then there are 傷害s. Arjen Robben 行方不明になるd out against Turkey, and he is 明確に a 抱擁する loss.?Any international team, with perhaps the exception of Germany or Spain, would struggle to 取って代わる a player of his 質.

Arjen Robben goes off 負傷させるd in the 敗北・負かす to アイスランド, and his 欠如（する） of fitness is a big blow for the Dutch

Bruno ツバメs Indi's 'stupid' red card has left Blind short on defenders, and his 味方する were punished for it

Ron Vlaar, too, would 追加する much-needed experience to the squad if he were fit, while Bruno ツバメs Indi's 中断, while his own fault, also left the Dutch defence exposed.

But the real blow is the loss of Kevin Strootman, who last played for his country in March 2014.

The Roma midfielder せねばならない be the man 運動ing the new 世代 今後, 橋（渡しをする）ing the gap between old and new, and all the while 供給するing a heartbeat for the team.?

But a cruciate ligament 傷害, which 支配するd him out of last summer's World Cup, recurred in January, and his career is, once again, on ice.?

How Holland could do with a player like him again.?

The absence of Kevin Strootman for over a year has been a 大規模な blow for a Dutch 味方する 欠如（する）ing creativity

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