00:02Well, medical update. How is the squad? How are the players? Are they all fit, fresh?
00:08Yes, everybody is ready. Just we had to manage Jurrien Timber that he was a long period injured.
00:21But he's ready, he's available, everybody's ready.
00:24I'm happy because the players are showing in the trainings, in the practices, their best, with passion, with intensity.
00:33I'm happy and everybody is ready for tomorrow.
00:36What is your plan for the game tomorrow and all the other ones? Do you like to rotate or always
00:43play?
00:43Yes, we will see. We are focused now for tomorrow.
00:47We are not thinking for the rest of the games, just to compete tomorrow, to show our best faces.
00:56I think we are ready. We are ready. We prepared so well.
00:59We tried to explain to the players our game model, our philosophy.
01:04And for us as a staff and for the players, sorry, we want to show tomorrow our desire, our passion,
01:12you know, the image that we want to show to everybody.
01:15It's so important also the result, of course.
01:18Yeah, two or three training sessions so far. So was it time enough to convince them?
01:24Yeah, we just training three times. Today, one more. We organized many meetings, videos. I try to convince them to
01:33our philosophy.
01:35Yes, I think they are really open. I think they are comfortable. We talk with the captains. Yeah, really good.
01:42I'm happy.
01:43I think and my feelings are that we are ready for tomorrow. But then we need to compete, of course.
01:49It's just worse. We need to show our best level tomorrow because we have in front, you know, top squad,
01:57Germany.
01:58But it's a nice beginning. It's a nice challenge to start. Sorry. Are you excited? I'm excited. Yeah, I'm so
02:06happy. Really excited. I feel the passion of the players.
02:10So I think we are ready. But, you know, in football, we never we never know. But I think we
02:15are ready. I'm so happy to see the trainings.
02:19Very important. What I noticed in what we saw from the training practice is that your assistants are also very
02:25much positive coaching in the warm up.
02:27How important is that for you? Yeah, we are like that. We are positive. We tried. We are trying to
02:35create a good energy.
02:37They have good energy. Yeah, I think it's a very important point for me and for the staff. The staff.
02:44We are humble. We are positive.
02:47We want to help the players, in my opinion, as a coach. They are the most important part of this
02:54of this job.
02:56So they have to be comfortable with demanding. So, yeah, by the moment, I'm happy. Now, you know, football tomorrow
03:04is the time.
03:06It's the right time to show what we see in the training. So, yeah, good challenge. But by far, I'm
03:13so happy.
03:13Coach, you said everybody's available. Could you tell us something about your plans with the two new players from Bommel
03:22and Zekiel? What are your plans with them?
03:24We have training this afternoon and then we're going to decide more or less the list. Yeah, they are doing
03:32so well in the trainings. They are motivated, of course.
03:35It's the first time for them to be here. Yeah, they are doing well. I'm happy with everybody, with everybody,
03:42but especially young players. The captains are helping this young generation.
03:47So, I think everybody is ready. And this afternoon or maximum tomorrow morning, we will decide the list. But until
03:56now, we still didn't decide yet.
03:58Yeah, because you have to put some players on the stands. Yeah, three players. Yeah, but we have four games.
04:08We have four games and we're going to decide in each game which players will be without in the list.
04:16German TV. Good morning. I think you know Jurgen Klopp quite well. So, what would you say makes him special
04:23as a coach?
04:26For me and for you. For me? Yeah. What I have to say, Jurgen is one of the best coaches
04:34in the last years in the world. He did so well. I have a lot of respect for him.
04:41Tomorrow is a big challenge for me personally, but obviously for the squad. So, yeah, it's a big challenge, big
04:51challenge. Yeah, I love him. He's so funny when we met him in Adidas event. So, yeah, so happy. So,
05:02big challenge for the country as well to face this kind of coaches and this kind of teams.
05:09So, it's always a special game. So, it's always a special game, Netherlands against Germany and tomorrow it's a special,
05:14special game?
05:15Yeah, I feel the, I can feel the rivalry and everybody's excited. Yeah, it's a nice beginning. Can be a
05:24really nice beginning and, yeah, we need to compete well. So, yeah, we are excited. We are really excited to
05:31face Germany tomorrow.
05:32A little question. A little question. And is there any Spanish experience tactic you bring to the Netherlands team now
05:40to say there's some Spanish?
05:42Yes, yeah, yeah, my philosophy, my values first, then my philosophy, game model. We are trying to training in a
05:50tactical way. So, it's very important for us that we have the structure in defense, in attack. And I think
05:56the players, they are understanding so well the idea.
06:00For the coach, how about the standard in training? Was it better or worse than you expected?
06:08What, sorry?
06:09The standard in training. Was it okay?
06:12Yeah, yeah, really good. That's why I already answered that I'm happy with intensity, with the passion, the desire, this
06:18kind of values that we need. Yeah, starting from this point, it's very important for me. And then, you know,
06:24the game model, the philosophy. Yeah, by far, I'm so happy.
06:27Is there something that impressed you? Not impressed. I think it's mandatory. But yeah, they show me a really good
06:36level, technically, physically. So yeah, happy.
06:39Thank you. Good luck tomorrow. Thank you. So have a good morning. Yeah, yeah. Just to be sure, will Bart
06:45Verbrugge remain your first-choice goalkeeper?
06:49Tomorrow you will know. I prefer that don't say anything, even to the players before the match. It's just in
06:59the meeting that we will have tomorrow before the game.
07:02Okay, we'll see tomorrow. This is your third day here in Sijs with the players. How did the introduction go
07:06the last days? Do you already know who are the leaders, who are the followers, who are the jokers in
07:12the group?
07:12Yeah, we have the captains, you know, the players with more experience, starting from our captain, Virgil. Yeah, they are
07:22doing so well. You know, I felt a very good atmosphere between the players, good relationship between them.
07:29So yes, by far, there is no problem. Let's see tomorrow, starting the competition, and then let's see. But by
07:39the way, really good.
07:40Virgil is your captain, but did you already decide who's the second captain or maybe the third captain?
07:46Yeah, in this period, we will continue with Denzel and Nathan and Cody. And then in November, we're going to
07:55decide.
07:56Yeah, because then maybe Frankie is back.
07:59No, because I didn't know them. I'm trying to analyze everything what happened on the squad. I didn't know them,
08:07so I'm checking what happened. But for sure, Virgil will be our captain.
08:14You have a new philosophy. Some people have to adapt. Have you already seen that they can deliver it in
08:21the first match against Germany already?
08:23Yes, I think so. I think so. I think so. What I have seen in the training, yes, yes. Let's
08:29see tomorrow. It just works.
08:33Tomorrow we will try to do our best. We will try to show everybody our desire, our passion, our game
08:40philosophy. Yeah.
08:42But I'm ready. I'm ready. And I think that we have the capacity. We have the capacity because I have
08:51seen in the trainings. Yeah.
08:53Were there players that surprised you the last two days, three days?
08:59Yeah, surprised. For example, physically. Physically. We have a lot of capacity. Physically, very strong. The team, the squad. And
09:08then the quality of the players. Yeah.
09:10Or also that they can play on other positions, for example. Yeah. Yeah. We have many jokers. Many jokers. We
09:19can use many players in different positions. Yeah. We create the list about it. We were thinking about this kind
09:26of situations. Yeah. But I'm happy. It surprised for me as well the human being that they have. Yeah. Yeah.
09:33They are humble, hard workers. They are ready to listen. Yeah. So that's why I'm happy. I have good feelings.
09:40But let's see tomorrow.
09:42You can make a family of them. We are a family. Already? Yeah. Since the first meeting. Okay. Great. Since
09:49the first meeting.
09:50Hello for the coach Xavi. There's a big, huge and all relationship between football here and also in FC Barcelona.
10:01I don't know if that was
10:03one of the reasons to come here. To be the coach of the Orange. And if you can feel it.
10:08Training with people. Those similar ways of football.
10:14Yeah. I already talked about it. That we have many connections between me personally and this country in terms of
10:24football. So it's an honour to be here.
10:26And I feel also that people want to see go to attack, positional game. You know, this kind of philosophy
10:36that we had, still we have in Barcelona. And we had success a lot of times. So yeah, I can
10:44feel this connection as well.
10:46Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
