Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk says his players don't have to like one another, but they do have to accept and respect their teammates' qualities.
It is a recipe that has brought an unusually calm and cheerful mood to the Dutch team at the World Cup and helped it advance to the round of 16 with a perfect record of three wins.
At training Sunday, a day ahead of the Netherlands' second round match with Slovakia in Durban, players laughed, joked and clapped one another at the Princess Magogo training pitch as Van Marwijk issued instructions.
That picture of unity was a far cry from some previous Dutch teams, which have been hit by dissent and …
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