Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
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For instance, eight.
Now, if all of them eight are fit and they can play every three days, all them eight, then you might stick with those eight.
If that is not the case, you might...
In a way, but it's not as easy as that.
It's easier than picking 23.
But you also want to have the right characters in the squad.
Does that play a big part in it?
Big part, because some of the players are not going to play.
And they still have to be there for the other teammates.
And they still have to be ready to train the next morning.
And some players might play one match and sit on the bench.
But the atmosphere, the camaraderie,
I must say what Gerrit did magnificently, has to, has to, the harmony has to, so important.
Well, you've been there yourself.
Like Jamie Gelsenkirchen, yeah, exactly.
You know?
No, I had it in 1998, a long time ago, that I started the tournament.
I started the first match for the Dutch national team.
We drew 0-0 and I didn't play no more.
And that was quite tough.