Buoyant Van Basten piles pressure on France

HOLLAND coach Marco van Basten believes the pressure will be on France to attack in tonight’s Group C clash in Bern.

Fri, 13 Jun, 2008 - 01:00

The stunning 3-0 victory over world champions Italy in their opening game has taken some of the heat off the Dutch ahead of their last two pool matches.

“We have already beaten Italy, so our position is different now,” said the former AC Milan striker.

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