Dutch must guard against over-confidence

The Dutch, who sealed a place in the finals after winning all their qualifying matches, carried that form into their World Cup warm-up games and will kick off at among the favourites to finish as world champions in a month's time.

Van Marwijk told reporters at the Dutch training base at Wits University in Johannesburg: "Yes, we did excellently in our warm-up matches, but we are taking nothing for granted against any opponents in the World Cup.

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