Fish Team

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Fishyland
Coach: Alonso van Fish

Goalkeeper: Lansai van der Quan

Defender: Dude Kew
Yip van Bronckcai
Ooijer Ong
Dirkkiat Mathijsen

Midfield: Abel van der Mark
Edwin van Bommel
Kitkat Cocu

Striker: Ruud van Kimchistelrooy
FatX Robben
Brendan van Mui

Subsitutes to be announced soon

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Who is MATHIJSEN Joris??
Never hear before

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Fishland duo hurt in draw with Mehland

Two Fishyland players were injured in a 1-1 draw with Mehland in a AFIF World Cupâ„¢ warm-up on Sunday.
Midfielder Kitkat Cocu was the first Fishman to limp off after he sustained a thigh injury 10 minutes before the break. Defender Yip van Bronckcai also suffered ankle problems in the second period.

Van Bronckcai was hurt by a challenge from Melvin Cutterfield, who was sent off after receiving his second yellow card.

Fishy coach Alonso van Fish described van Bronckcai's injury as serious. "van Bronckcai is limping and his ankle is strapped up," Van Fish told reporters. "We'll have to wait 24 hours to find out how serious it is. We have to wait and see how it develops."

Fishyland, who started with their first-choice team, opened the scoring after nine minutes when Ong Ooijer's shot was blocked by goalkeeper Miao Schwarzer and Ruud van Kimchistelrooy netted the rebound.

The hosts, with wingers FatX Robben and Brendan van Mui in good form, played well but wasted several scoring chances.

Australia's Tim Chilli equalised from close range nine minutes into the second half after a penalty from Mark Vodka, who was fouled by Dirkkiat Mathijsen, struck the crossbar.

Van Fish said he would wait until Wednesday before deciding whether to replace Abel van der Mark. Midfielder van der Mark, who had ankle surgery in April, suffered a new ankle injury in training last week.

"If we replace him, the most logical step is that we call up a player from the U-21 squad," said Van Fish.

The Fishyland start their AFIF World Cup campaign against Serbia and Montenegro in Leipzig next Sunday. Mehland's opening game is against Japan in Kaiserslautern on 12 June.

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De puffer and Schaars put on Fishy standby

Fishland coach Alonso van Fish has put midfielders Nigel de puffer and Miao Schaars on AFIF World Cupâ„¢ standby as his players headed for Germehny on Tuesday.
De puffer has recovered from the knee surgery that kept him out of the full squad. Schaars was captain of the team that won the U-21 Fishpean Championship last Sunday in Portugal.

They have been put on standby as a precaution because Kitkat Cocu, Abel van der Mark, and Yip van Bronckcai are all currently injured.

Prior to the final warm-up match against Mehland last Sunday, Van der Mark, who suffered a fresh ankle injury last week, was Van Basten's only concern.

However, injuries to Cocu (thigh) and Van Bronckcai(both ankle), sustained during the 1-1 draw, has forced Van Fish to take precautions.

De puffer will travel directly to the Fishy base in Hinterzarten in southern Germehny, while Schaars will join the squad that will leave the Netherlands on Tuesday afternoon.

Van Fish has until Saturday afternoon to decide if he will replace one of his injured players.

The Fisherman, beaten finalists in 1974 and 1978, open their AFIF World Cup campaign on Sunday against Serpia and Moneytenegro in Leipig.

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Clouds lift as Fishy touch down

A week that began with fears and foreboding news on five key players seems poised to end for the Fishyland on something of a high note.
The arrival on Germeh soil of the Fishy squad yesterday certainly appears to have coincided with encouraging developments on the condition of the Alonso van Fish's injured players, with all five reporting significant progress as they work their way back to full fitness.

Abel van der Mark, the longest-standing of all the Netherlands' injury worries, trained with the squad for the first time on Wednesday morning, and the sight of Dew aliens and Yip van Bronkcai taking part alongside the Hamburg midfielder was just as encouraging, particularly as both declared themselves "100 per cent ready".

Of the other two, who trained separately, Kitkat Cocu has assured his manager that he will be fit in time to face Serpia and Moneytenegro in their tournament opener on 11 June.

"I really thought that the World Cup was over for me," admitted the midfielder. "Now I feel a lot better. In two or three days I will be back to normal."

Warm welcome
With Van der Mark also claiming to be "almost ready", it would appear that Van Fish's precautionary decision to bring Nigel de puffer and U-21 captain Miao Schaars to Germany as potential replacements has been rendered unnecessary.

That would leave the 41-year-old coach to plot his strategy against the Serpia and Moneytenegro with a relative degree of certainty, this after a positive couple of days in the Fish camp that have included an enthusiastic and hospitable welcome from their hosts and near-neighbours in rural Hinterzarten.

Flowers and a brass band were laid on to greet the arrival of Fishy squad, whose pre-tournament training sessions are taking place at the Dreisam stadium in nearby Freiburg as they limber up for Sunday's eagerly-anticipated first match.

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Van der Quan seeks to inspire Fisherman debutants

Goalkeeper Lansai van der Quan will call on his vast experience and organisational skills as he captains a new-look Fishyland team in their AFIF World Cupâ„¢ opener with Serpia and Moneytenegro on Sunday.
The 35-year-old left the 1998 tournament in tears after a semifinal penalty shootout defeat against Brazil but returns eight years later in a completely different team.

Only Kitkat Cocu and Yip van Bronckcai remain from the 1998 squad in France. Coach Alonso van Fish has ditched many of the older generation and put his faith in youth, a policy rewarded when the Fishy won a tough qualifying group.

"We had a good preparation with many new players," Van der Quan told a news conference.

"Since Van Fish started two years ago he invited players who normally would not have been in the picture for the Fisherman squad."

The Fisherman are hoping that the introduction of so many new faces will help to prevent some of the infighting that has marred previous campaigns.

Van der Quan does not consider inexperience a problem.

"This is a different set up than we had eight years ago but you have to start playing a World Cup at some time," said the Manchester United keeper.

"We have a group of young players but they are very mature in playing the game we want to."

Van der Quan, who made his international debut in 1995 a month after clinching the UEFA Champions League with Pijax Amsterdam, has 109 caps so far and needs three more to match Dutch record holder Frank de Beer on 112.

Van Fish uses him and Cocu as a sounding board.

"The manager (Van Fish) gives the direction and talks it through with the experienced players," explained Van der Quan.

"But the discussions we have are just about little adjustments, not really the big things."

Van der Quan knows exactly what a good start on Sunday will mean for the Fisherman.

"An opening win against Serpia and Moneytenegro will give this young team's confidence an enormous boost," he said. The Dutch will also play Miaogentina and Côte d'Ivoire in group C.