He believes as many as 80% of injuries are preventable, arguing that fatigue due to overtraining is the cause, pointing out that 14 of the 23-man 2010 Dutch World Cup have already been injured this season.
He did not play in the 1978 World Cup where the Dutch again lost in the final to Argentina.
The Scots had survived a scare against the Dutch in the ICC Intercontinental Cup at the weekend before chasing down a target of 77 to secure a four-wicket win.
In the 1974 World Cup final, the Dutch scored against the Germans without the lesser mortals having even touched the ball, and then taunted their opponents with 20 minutes of arrogant, sublime, total football.
Any lengthy absence for Van Persie will also be felt by the Dutch as they prepare for the 2010 World Cup.
But when the two teams faced each other in the World Cup final in 2010, the Dutch played like thugs and still lost.
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In some senses, the approach has worked: The Dutch reached the final of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, its first final appearance since 1978.
Forlan polled 23.4 percent of votes cast by journalists covering the World Cup, to finish ahead of Dutch playmaker Wesley Sneijder (21.8 percent) and Spain striker David Villa (16.9%).
The Dutch, who have already reached the World Cup finals, play Scotland in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday and may be without Sneijder who picked up an injury in the win.
These competing philosophies were encapsulated in the 1974 World Cup final, when a favored Dutch squad, led by Johan Cruyff and featuring a free-wheeling passing game that earned it the nickname "Clockwork Orange, " was shockingly upset by West Germany.
The Dutch waited 14 years to get their revenge in the Euro 1988 semifinal, also in Germany, but Germany eliminated the Dutch from the semifinals of the 1990 World Cup in a match that boiled over when Dutchman Frank Rijkaard was sent off after spitting at Rudi Voller twice.
The victory for the Dutch was their first against Brazil since the 1974 World Cup when Johan Cruyff led them to a 2-0 win in the second round.
Scotland finished second in Euro 2004 qualification to World Cup finalists Germany and lost out to the classy Dutch in the play-offs.
The Dutch international's creative talents helped Rangers win the CIS Insurance Cup final in March.
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Instead, especially in Saudi Arabia, attendance at live matches is falling, soccer stadiums are in disrepair, and the national team won only one game in this year's Gulf Cup a debacle that led to the ouster of Dutch legend Frank Riijkaard as the Saudi team coach.
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He has just the 2005 FA Cup win to show for his time with Arsenal since his transfer from Dutch side Feyenoord in 2004.
They left out former skipper Sanath Jayasuriya after his superb 157 in the first match but had more than enough strength in depth to cope with a Dutch side, who also have their sights set on next year's World Cup in the Caribbean.
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Yet the twice-crowned African Footballer of the Year has never won the Nations Cup and has only picked up the one Champions League medal, earned with Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam in 1995 (alongside compatriot Finidi George).
Mr. Halman's death "is a huge setback for Dutch and European baseball, " said Steve Janssen, pitching coach for the Dutch national team, which last month beat Cuba in the finals to win the baseball World Cup in Panama.
Nonetheless, many Twente fans were initially suspicious, but in his first season, McClaren led the Tukkers to the domestic cup final and second place in the Eredivisie, earning plaudits for playing the 'Dutch way' in a 4-3-3 formation.
Dutch legend Ruud Gullit says bikes and being small is why Holland and Belgium would be great World Cup hosts.
The Excelsior Rotterdam forward, who shone at last year's U20 World Cup, was only allowed to join the camp in Brazil after being given special permission by his Dutch club.
And Dutch side PSV Eindhoven have been given a one-match stadium ban by Uefa following crowd trouble at their Uefa Cup quarter-final match against Kaiserslautern on March 15.
It produced the most innovative tactics and thrilling teams, from the free-flowing Dutch "Total Football" squad in the 1970s to the four-man attack Brazil unleashed at the 1958 World Cup.
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