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'I'm not going to glide across the dancefloor!' - Netherlands coach Koeman calm after thumping Germany

The Dutch are still far from the finished article despite Saturday's big win over Joachim Low's side, the former Everton boss has warned

A pragmatic Ronald Koeman has promised to keep his feet off the dancefloor and planted in reality following Netherlands' breakthrough Nations League victory over Germany.

Virgil van Dijk, Memphis Depay and Georginio Wijnaldum combined to give the Oranje a memorable 3-0 victory in Amsterdam on Saturday.

The result marked Netherlands' biggest ever win over Germany and took them to within a point of group leaders France.

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It’s been a tough few years for the Dutch, who have gone through four managers in the last four years and failed to qualify for this summer’s World Cup in Russia.