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“When you are a little boy you dream of being at a World Cup. When you see my career, you put that dream away. But I kept fighting for it. “There is only one national coach who could have brought me here and that is our national coach. I am proud to be here and I have to keep working hard. That is the most important thing.”
Asked about playing in a 89,000 seater stadium, the biggest of his career, he said: “It is something to look forward to. You play for a lot of people. I certainly don’t feel fear. You can feel the tension when the match comes. But that’s normal. If you no longer have any tension in the competition, you better stop.
After knocking the USA out of the World Cup at the Round of 16 stage with a 3-1 win, the Netherlands squad took a trip on a yacht out into the Qatar waters, a normal experience for many of their players, but not Noppert.“I’m afraid I’ll never get on a boat like that again,” he said with a laugh. “In the sense of such a luxury thing.
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