The Hilton Sandton Hotel in Johannesburg is the hotel in Johannesburg in the Netherlands.

It is a FIFA-designated five-star hotel with full facilities and is the home base of the Netherlands in Johannesburg.

The Netherlands' first match of the tournament was played at the city's Soccer City Stadium, where they began their legendary journey with a 5-0 thrashing of Denmark.

When the Dutch people returned to the Hilton Sandton Hotel, they felt very close to the beginning, and it was like a reincarnation.

After a day of grooming, the Netherlands began to prepare for the upcoming final.

On the training ground, the atmosphere was relaxed, and to reach the final again after 32 years, in a sense, they have succeeded.

They did what the Dutch Three Musketeers didn't.

After watching the semi-finals between Spain and Germany, Van Marwijk knew that Spain were a formidable opponent.

The mighty Germans turned out to be unable to parry!

What a terrible thing to do.

After an in-depth discussion with his assistants, Van Marwijk devised a strategy for the final – disrupting the Spaniards' fluid coordination with a strong defence.

So after the recovery training, he began to conduct confrontation drills, and there was only one requirement - to be tough!

He yelled at his defenders from the sidelines, especially the two midfielders Van Bommel and De Zeu, who started the last game.

Van Bommel is old and strong, but his movement speed is no longer comparable to his peak, and Van Marwijk shook his head in his heart, even so, he did not dare to put him on the bench.

This has to do with Van Bommel dressing room leadership, but it's not all about it.

In the World Cup final, the Netherlands needs experienced veterans to sit in the field, and Van Bommel is undoubtedly such an indispensable figure.

Then, the other midfielder must choose a strong midfielder.

De Zeeu, who started the semi-finals, was born in the Dutch city of Apedorn and now plays for Eredivisie giants Ajax. De Zeou is both offensive and defensive, excellent in defensive tackles, and can also pass the ball when attacking.

In the 2008/09 season, he moved to Ajax as a regular midfielder who helped AZ Alkmaar finish runners-up in the Eredivisie.

Some people think that the reason why the Netherlands allowed Uruguay to score three goals in the semi-finals had something to do with his performance.

Others believe that Van Marwijk put De Jong on the bench in the semi-final because he was afraid that he would miss the final by taking cards in the game.

As for why Van Marwijk used De Zeeuw in the semi-final and abandoned De Jong, this is not known to outsiders.

Now, however, the Dutch boss is ready to use a stalwart like Frenkie de Jong in the final.

So in training, Van Marwijk simply let De Jong and Van Bommel play in the back.

Spain arrived in Johannesburg and immediately got into training, and they were ambitious to win the Hercules Cup.

Beat the Germans to the point that they have no temper, and anyone will be ambitious.

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Just when the whole Dutch team was actively preparing for the final, a strange thing happened.

On the morning of July 10, Van Marwijk received a notice from the hotel that the lease date in the Netherlands had arrived!

What does that mean?

When the lease expires, is it okay to renew the lease soon?

But the hotel told the Dutch side that the hotel room had been rented out in advance!

This meant that the Dutch team had to move out of the Hilton Sandton Hotel and find another place to stay!

This completely disrupted Van Marwijk's plans, and he had to cancel the morning training session, and after negotiations with the hotel side failed, they had to contact another hotel.

After some consideration, the Dutch team began to contact nearby hotels, and after hitting a wall again and again, the Dutch side finally contacted the Sunshine Hotel.

So the Dutch players, who were supposed to go to training, started their move......

"Damn, did those people in the Football Association grow up eating shit? Such a strange thing happened! ”

"Why can't the Hilton Sandton Hotel renew its lease? Is there a story in this? ”

"Wonderful, there's never been such a strange thing again......"

The Dutch players reluctantly moved, Van Marwijk's face was gloomy as water, everyone knew that the team needed a quiet environment to prepare for the game before the decisive battle, and this move would definitely affect the psychology of the players.

What's the use of complaining about the Football Association at this time?

"Damn, they think we're not going to make it to the final, how little confidence do they have in us?"

Van Marwijk was furious.

His assistant said softly: "In recent tournaments, our record is average, so the Football Association didn't expect us to reach the final, so they ...... scheduled time."

Van Marwijk was silent, having not reached a major final since winning the European Championships in 1988.

In the 90 World Cup in Italy, the confident Dutch team was led by the three musketeers to prove themselves in the World Cup, but they lost to Germany in the first round of the knockout round.

In the 1992 European Championship in Sweden, led by Michels, in the semi-finals against the champion Denmark, the 2-2 draw in the 90 minutes, Basten's penalty in the penalty shoot-out was saved by Schmeichel, stopping in the semi-finals, starting the Dutchman's penalty nightmare.

In the 94 World Cup in the United States, only Rijkaard was the only one left among the three musketeers. The Netherlands was defeated by Brazil in the quarter-finals, and the second-generation Dutch main players such as the "Three Musketeers" also retired.

At the 1996 European Championship in England, the team was infighting over racial issues. De Boer and Overmars were absent due to injury and were forced to use Ajax youngsters with little experience in international competitions.

Bergkamp was in poor form, Kluivert was recovering from a serious injury, and Davies was substituted due to dissatisfaction with the game and was kicked out of the national team in the middle of the tournament.

As a result, the results of that European Championship were not satisfactory, after losing 1-4 to England in the group stage, they barely qualified on goal difference, and drew 0-0 with France in the quarter-finals, and were eliminated on penalties.

In the 98 World Cup in France, the Dutch team performed very well, and Bergkamp, who was at the peak of form, led a group of young internationals who were maturing day by day, plus other experienced old internationals, so that the all-attacking and all-defensive football was brought into full play.

Consecutive victories against Yugoslavia and Argentina, just when they were very expected to win the first world championship in history, they had no choice but to lose to Brazil in the semi-final penalty shootout.

In the 2000 European Championships, which were co-hosted by two countries for the first time, the Dutch team, led by former superstar Rijkaard, made it all the way to the bother and played football again with the advantage of being the hosts.

In the group stage, they defeated France and the Czech Republic, defeated Yugoslavia 6-1 after qualifying, but in the semi-finals, they missed two penalties in succession, and unfortunately drew 0-0 with Italy.

In the penalty shootout, the Dutch team conceded three more goals and was eliminated 1-4, missing another great opportunity to win the championship

In the 02 World Cup, the Netherlands failed to reach the finals.

In Euro 04, the Netherlands advanced to the finals through the play-offs, and in the semi-finals, the Netherlands lost 1:2 to the host Portugal and was eliminated.

In the 2006 World Cup, Seedorf, who was in peak form, was not appreciated by Basten and missed the team list, and the Dutch team won two wins and one draw in the group stage to qualify for second place, but lost 0:1 to Portugal again in the quarterfinals.

At Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, Seedorf withdrew in discouragement, but the shortage of personnel in the Dutch team has not yet been revealed. The Dutch team swept Italy 3:0 in the group stage, defeated France 4:1, and defeated Romania 2:0 despite qualifying in advance, and qualified from the group of death in first place.

But in the quarterfinals, the Dutch team lost 1:3 to the Russian team led by the Dutchman Hiddink and was eliminated.

In this case, the Dutch Football Association did not take into account that the Netherlands would reach the final when booking the hotel.

That's why there was the above strange scene!