There are numerous Dutch words that sound very English but do not share a common meaning. Glance across these phrases and you'll see how easy it is to make an embarrassing phonetic blunder. Like Ruud Gullit and Johan Cruyff, to most of us the language of the Netherlands is Double Dutch. Thankfully, help is at hand with our essential Low-Countries Football Lexicon.
Some people think it's all over - it is now.
Op mijn hoofd, jongen. Bringing home the Bacon Shearer and the boys need have no worries about keeping up their energy for those important games. This list of Dutch delicacies will get their gastric juices flowing quicker than a Brazilian football match.