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Holland’s van Bronckhorst hoping he can retire on a high

Submitted by Andrew Slevison on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 00:27

Holland captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst will play his last professional match in the World Cup final on Sunday.

The 35-year old former Arsenal, Rangers and Barcelona defender will retire from all levels of football, leaving Dutch club Feyenoord, after the Oranje compete with Spain for the world championship and hopes it can be the perfect way to end his career.

“The last game in my career and it’s a World Cup final, what can you say? It could not be more beautiful,” he said.

“I hope it will be the most beautiful game of my life. For everyone, it will be the game of their life."

 
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Comments (1)

Submitted by Auzgunnerbiznatches (not verified) on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 01:48.

you know he's not english because he isnt saying "we are deffinately going to win" and instead saying that he hopes its a beautiful game for everyone, that is a true player, england players/fans could learn a thing or two from this guy!

and i have a 5er on holland to win from 2 months ago, so hopefully he wins his last game :P

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