Who is going to win the World Cup soccer this year?

[Tirigan]

Of 23 players, I only count 5 players of not Dutch origin. Ryan Babel, Khalid Boulahrouz, Kew Jaliens, Kew Jaliens, Giovanni van Bronckhorst. Last years (WK'98) we had much more foreigners in Dutch squad!

Ryan Babel
Khalid Boulahrouz
Tim de Cler
Johnny Heitinga
Kew Jaliens
Dirk Kuyt
Hedwiges Maduro
Ruud van Nistelrooij
Robin van Persie
Edwin van der Sar
Maarten Stekelenburg
Rafael van der Vaart
Mark van Bommel
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Phillip Cocu
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
Jan Kromkamp
Denny Landzaat
Joris Mathijsen
Andre Ooijer
Arjen Robben
Wesley Sneijder
Henk Timmer


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherland ... tball_team

http://www.knvb.nl/oranje/selectie




FRENCH SQUAD

Mickaël Landreau
Jean-Alain Boumsong
Éric Abidal
Patrick Vieira
William Gallas
Claude Makélélé
Florent Malouda
Vikash Dhorasoo
Sidney Govou
Zinedine Zidane
Sylvain Wiltord
Thierry Henry
Mikael Silvestre
Louis Saha
Lilian Thuram
Fabien Barthez
Gaël Givet
Alou Diarra
Willy Sagnol
David Trézéguet
Pascal Chimbonda
Franck Ribéry
Grégory Coupet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_nat ... tball_team

I count 17 players of not French origin!

Jean-Alain Boumsong
Éric Abidal
Patrick Vieira
William Gallas
Claude Makélélé
Florent Malouda
Vikash Dhorasoo
Sidney Govou
Zinedine Zidane
Sylvain Wiltord
Thierry Henry
Mikael Silvestre
Louis Saha
Lilian Thuram
Alou Diarra
David Trézéguet
Pascal Chimbonda