well lets think about it, netherlands didnt win cause hiddink knew about the dutch game
consider most of these guys were POST-hiddink area like Sneijder,Van der Vaart, the others sure, but attack wise, these guys would have moved on from the Guus era, think fo it more as Russia worked them out, same as NL worked out france and italy
boulrhouz probably shouldnt have played, considering things the way they were, to play at any less than 100% was only going to hurt him and his team, it was best for him and the team if he was with the family. R.I.P his daughter regardless, and dont get me wrong, but if my daughter died, Euro08 would be the furthest thing from my mind
russia play good football, they onyl ever really needed to improve defensively, they have the attack and the relative unknownness to shock teams, in a way theyre kind of the Greece of the tounament
and just LOL@gradon, so drunk off his head xD