先頭 Gaal's goal: Make the Netherlands World Cup 支持する／優勝者
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Two weeks into his third stint as Netherlands coach, Louis 先頭 Gaal has a （疑いを）晴らす goal: "To be world 支持する／優勝者."
But he 譲歩するd Tuesday it won't be 平易な with very 限られた／立憲的な time to 準備する his team for three 決定的な World Cup qualifiers next month.
The Netherlands reached three World Cup 決勝戦 - in 1974, '78 and 2010 - and lost them all. It won the 1988 European 選手権.
先頭 Gaal was put in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of the Dutch 国家の team after Frank de Boer やめる after the Netherlands was knocked out of Euro 2020 in the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 16 by the Czech 共和国.
In typically self-確信して style, 先頭 Gaal was 納得させるd the Dutch サッカー 連合 had selected the 権利 man for the 職業.
"I have always done everything to help Dutch サッカー and I think if I'd been in the position of the KNVB I'd also have chosen me," the 70-year-old coach said at his first news 会議／協議会.
FILE - In this とじ込み／提出する photo 時代遅れの Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, Munich's 長，率いる coach Louis 先頭 Gaal of the Netherlands looks on 事前の to the German first 分割 Bundesliga サッカー match against Freiburg in Munich, southern Germany. Louis 先頭 Gaal said Tuesday Aug. 17, 2021, that his goal as new Netherlands coach is simple: "To be world 支持する／優勝者." But he 譲歩するd it won't be 平易な with very 限られた／立憲的な time to 準備する his team for three 決定的な qualifiers. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson, FILE)
先頭 Gaal, who （機の）カム out of 退職 to take the 職業, also has led club teams 含むing Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester 部隊d and Ajax. In his last period in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of the 国家の team, he led the Oranje to a surprise third place in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
He said this time will be different because he has such a short 準備 with his squad before World Cup qualifiers against Norway, Montenegro and Turkey next month. 先頭 Gaal's team 現在／一般に stands second in Group G, one point behind leader Turkey.
In his 会談 so far with players 先頭 Gaal has not dwelled on the disappointing Euro 2020.
"I didn't talk about the past, that's 全く uninteresting. We talked about the 未来," he said.
De Boer 直面するd 猛烈な／残忍な 批評 for not playing a system of four defenders, three midfielders and three 今後s at the European 選手権 - an attacking 形式 that is 演習d into Dutch players from village 青年 teams to the fabled Ajax 学院.
先頭 Gaal said players he h as spoken to so far 表明するd a preference for that system, but he made no 約束s he would use it. At the 2014 World Cup he 首尾よく chopped and changed between systems and players, 収入 a 評判 as a master tactician.
"I always listen to my players, yes, but I look at the 質s of an 対抗者, I look at the 質s of my own squad and I adapt a system to fit," he said.
Asked about 抗議するs over the human 権利s 記録，記録的な／記録する in 2022 World Cup host nation Qatar, 先頭 Gaal said it should not be up to players but 国家の 連合s to 発言する／表明する 対立.
"It's （疑いを）晴らす you should take 活動／戦闘," 先頭 Gaal said.
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FILE - In this とじ込み／提出する photo 時代遅れの Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, Munich's 長，率いる coach Louis 先頭 Gaal of the Netherlands looks on 事前の to the German first 分割 Bundesliga サッカー match against Freiburg in Munich, southern Germany. Louis 先頭 Gaal said Tuesday Aug. 17, 2021, that his goal as new Netherlands coach is simple: "To be world 支持する／優勝者." But he 譲歩するd it won't be 平易な with very 限られた／立憲的な time to 準備する his team for three 決定的な qualifiers. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson, FILE)
