Ronald Koeman
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"Ronald Koeman" is a former Dutch Association football/footballer and current Association football/manager of Southampton F.C./Southampton. He is the younger brother of former Feyenoord coach Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman. One of the best attacking central defenders of all time, Koeman was renowned for his long-range accuracy, especially in Direct free kick/free kicks, and is the top scoring defender in world football.

At international level, Koeman was one of the stars of the Netherlands national football team/Dutch national team, alongside Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Dennis Bergkamp. He won the UEFA Euro 1988/Euro 88 and played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup/1990 and FIFA World Cup 1994/1994 FIFA World Cups.

After winning the UEFA Champions League/European Cup with PSV Eindhoven/PSV in 1987–88 European Cup/1988, Koeman moved to FC Barcelona/Barcelona and became part of Johan Cruyff's 'Dream Team', and helped Barcelona win La Liga four years in a row between 1991 and 1994, and the European Cup where he scored the winner against U.C. Sampdoria/Sampdoria in 1991–92 European Cup/1992.

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We won an important game but not a decisive one.

We knew Manchester United were not in the best form at the moment and we came to attack and played very well.

Losing three internationals in this match were the reason for our poor second half.

In the first half we played well but we suffered a goal from a corner. In the second period we changed the team but Ricardo Rocha was sent off and our work became harder. This is a terrible start for us but we will keep on working. I think we will improve because we have a good team.

But this match gives us hope.

It's going to be hard in Liverpool, but sometimes we play better against big-name teams.

I said before the match that I did not see them scoring three or four goals on the basis of their recent matches. And when you create three or four chances in the first 20 minutes and don't score, it is going to be a big mental problem.

We did something people did not expect. It was a great job.

These are two great clubs and history is history. We admire George Best as well, but that has no influence over tomorrow's game.