Even with two hours a day of compulsory schoolwork each afternoon for these mature and highly organised Dutch players, Oguzhan is focussed firmly on the football. "This is a World Cup, and a first for us. We want to do our best," said the midfielder, who scored Holland's equaliser from the spot against Colombia. "At the European championships we played well and finished second, and I think that if we play as a team here we can go far. But we will have to do much better than our first game."

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This simply shows that as Under 17, they are still monitored, tutored and expected to do what they are to do at their age. But the opposite is the case in Nigeria where fathers of three wear the green and white as under 17.