Arjen Robben had a unique way of encouraging the women’s group of Netherlands Facing the world which starts on July 20 in Australia and New Zealand. The former ‘Orange’ international released them live, in their base camp, a phrase that if it didn’t motivate them, at least it would make them react.
“If you start thinking about what could go wrong, you might never experience it again and you’ll make mistakes,” Robben told the team. “You know what you have to do, you know what you’re capable of. Because when you’re that far into a tournament, you know what makes you strong. Do it!”
“What you have to do is think… ‘yes, now I’m going to convince myself that I’m going to be world champion or I’m going to reach the semifinals’ or something…”. “That is what defines the best, the strongest. Do what you have to do when you have to. Because if you jump on the field with poop in your pants, you better not go out,” he added.
And he added: “How do you respond to pressure? How do you deal with it? Do you take advantage of it negatively or positively? I myself experienced it very well in the finals of the Champions League, for example”, he said in reference to the last defeat against Barça. “In that time, we’ve lost twice. If you lose a third time, you’re out.” It should be noted that the Dutch women’s team lost in the 2019 final to the United States.
Source: La Verdad
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