It has not been an optimal loading for the Netherlands before the round of 16 against the USA.

Several players have been absent from today's training, and national team captain Louis van Gaal tells how players felt sick.

He does not want to go into any names or how many players are involved, but that it is not good if any disease spreads in the squad.

- We shall not go into that further.

But if it goes around the group, it's worrying.

But it's not fifteen players or so.

Basically everyone is fit and available, he tells NOS.