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Guidetti leading the Netherlands to something good
- Updated: May 27, 2016
Lausanne, Switzerland, May 27, 2016 – There aren’t many teams who would relish facing the Netherlands, but will the Dutch ladies live up to their promise this time?
The Dutch have power and height – Dutch women are the tallest in the world – but have lacked the killer instinct at times, not unlike the Koreans in the East. Both teams qualified for the Rio Olympic Games at the recent Qualification Tournament in Tokyo, but not without some drama.
The Netherlands dropped the second set of their first qualifying match against Kazakhstan – who were the only team to fail to win a match and only managed to take two more sets in their seven games – before losing to Korea 3-0. They breezed past Thailand and the Dominican Republic 3-0, handed Italy their sole defeat, dumped Peru and then lost to Japan in five sets.
The loss to Korea was a major wake-up call, but last year the Netherlands made one major change that has given them more focus as a team: hiring Italian Giovanni Guidetti as their coach. Guidetti’s move came after a successful decade with Germany and he is already making his mark. …
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