This is the Holland I grew up knowing and loving:
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Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal has revealed two of his players refused to step up to take the first penalty in Wednesday's 4-2 World Cup semi-final shoot-out loss to Argentina.
The ill-fated honor eventually fell to defender Ron Vlaar, whose effort was saved by Argentina keeper Sergio Romero.
"I asked two players ahead of Vlaar to take the first penalty," van Gaal told Dutch news agency ANP.
"They refused. Vlaar in my view was our best player. Unfortunately he didn't score," the Manchester United-bound coach added.
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