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That you Dutchies have a conveyor belt of talent is nothing new, you actually have a well oiled youth setup for ages!
We Germans started to take youth education seriously after the EC 2000 disaster, just like the Frenchies did after the 1994 disaster, when they didn't even qualify for the WC. That's just 7 years ago!
And that's exactly why our younger players are better than our current generation. We finally have an excellent youth setup, with excellent coaches training high potentials at an early age.
This professional youth education was basically non-existant for decades, simply because it was not needed. No other country, not even Brazil, has so many people playing football for clubs on the amateur level. The DFB, our FA, basically relied on the huge numbers, and did nothing. We paid the price for it.
We Germans started to take youth education seriously after the EC 2000 disaster, just like the Frenchies did after the 1994 disaster, when they didn't even qualify for the WC. That's just 7 years ago!
And that's exactly why our younger players are better than our current generation. We finally have an excellent youth setup, with excellent coaches training high potentials at an early age.
This professional youth education was basically non-existant for decades, simply because it was not needed. No other country, not even Brazil, has so many people playing football for clubs on the amateur level. The DFB, our FA, basically relied on the huge numbers, and did nothing. We paid the price for it.
That would be a perfect mix of Quality and Quantity!!
