More so than any other, the Dutch national team has historically been expected by its country to not only win, but win in style. "Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring," Johan Cruyff once said. He never tried to hide the fact that he valued good, entertaining football so highly that he thought the above options were equally bad, that an ugly win was no better than a beautiful defeat.
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More so than any other, the Dutch national team has historically been expected by its country to not only win, but win in style. "Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring," Johan Cruyff once said. He never tried to hide the fact that he valued good, entertaining football so highly that he thought the above options were equally bad, that an ugly win was no better than a beautiful defeat.