Graham Arnold was close to a stunt against Argentina with Australia, but still went down 2-1 against Messi and co on Saturday evening. Afterwards, the 59-year-old coach was therefore disappointed, but in conversation with the NOS one person was able to laugh again because of one person: Guus Hiddink.
The story is known. Guus Hiddink led the Australian national team between 2005 and 2006, reached the 2006 World Cup with the country and thus had a major impact on Australian football. Arnold was Hiddink’s assistant trainer at the time, from whom he learned a lot. That is why the 59-year-old coach asked Hiddink to support him as a mentor towards the World Cup in Qatar.
Hiddink accepted the offer, even sat on the bench as an assistant coach during the preparations and communicated frequently with Arnold during the World Cup. Arnold, a former player of Roda JC and NAC, really appreciated all the help from Hiddink, as it turned out in front of the cameras of the NOS.
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Immediately after a disappointing end to the match against Argentina, a light-hearted and moving conversation arose between Hiddink and Arnold, in which the Australian national coach soon got a smile on his face again. “He’s the best person in my life,” Arnold said.
,,He always sends me very nice text messages after games. I recently sent him a message that I am grateful to him for letting me into his life. He’s a great man. In Australia people think he is a grumpy old man. But I know him well and Guus is good and funny. We love him.”
Hiddink visibly enjoyed himself and said he was very proud of Arnold. “You really got everything out of it. Very nice. Normally you can be very angry after a game. But now I’m going to give you some advice: have a nice beer. You’ve earned it.”
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