The Guus is Loose

Why in the world would a quarter million Dutch tune in to watch Australia play Uruguay on a Wednesday morning?

To cheer on Socceroos coach Guus Hiddink who is featured in an excellent profile piece in the Sydney papers.

Hiddink, who guided South Korea to the semifinals last World Cup and subsequently had no less than 16 books in Korea written about him, took special pleasure in beating Italy:

“I am very much against violence in football, but listening to the Italians smashing up their dressing rooms, I very much enjoyed that.”