Ronald Koeman's next in Dutch bench after FIFA World Cup exit

Now its Ronald Koemans turn to hop on the Netherlands coaching merrygoroundA day after Louis Van Gaals third stint as Oranje coach ended with a penalty shootout defeat to Argentina in the World Cup quarterfinals Koemans second term began SaturdayKoeman 59 was hired in April to take over after the World Cup Koeman has led Vitesse Ajax Benfica PSV Eindhoven AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord in the Netherlands plus Everton and Southampton in England Barcelona and Valencia in Spain and Benfica in PortugalDutch coaches often return to the national team job Over the past halfcentury Rinus Michels has served four terms Dick Advocaat three and Leo Beenhakker and Guus Hiddink two eachAlso Read FIFA World Cup 2022 Lionel Messi serves up Dutch delightExpectation vs PerformanceDutch media and some fans reviewed Van Gaals team as if they were ballet critics souring on the lack of pleasing aesthetics and hoping for freeflowing offensive beauty of an earlier eraFootball is evolving and it is much more difficult than it was 20 years ago to play as offensively as Ajax used to play Van Gaal said through a translator And if you fail to see that or fail to understand then its very difficult to understand that this is the way things go And when in 2014 I started developing the more defensive system people criticized me But now half the world is playing that kind of footballThe Dutch have lost the most World Cup finals of any nation in 1974 1978 and 2010 and they were eliminated by Argentina on penalty kicks in 2014 and this year while failing to qualify for 2018Whos outNo players appear to be aging out ahead of the Euros which start in 18 months Defenders Daley Blind 32 and Virgil van Dijk 31 are the oldest among the regular startersWhos nextMidfielders Xavi Simons 19 and Jenneth Taylor 20 and defenders Jeremie Frimpong 22 and Tyrell Malacia 23 are among the young players at the World Cup who didnt see much playing time and could have upcoming opportunitiesVan Gaal said he was forced to play a different system because of lack of true wingersWhat Im leaving behind is an excellent group Van Gaal said This is a team which was very close is very close team spirit and a lot of football skillWhats nextThe Dutch open European Championship qualifying at France on March 24 and host Gibraltar three days later part of a group that includes Ireland and Greece The Netherlands plays Spain Italy or Croatia in the Nations League semifinals in June 14 followed four days later by the championship or thirdplace gameThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever