India, May 30 -- Three World Cup finals. Zero trophies. Another squad talented enough to make the wound relevant again. The Netherlands arrive in North America carrying exactly the same promise and exactly the same caveat they always do - brilliant in parts, incomplete in ways that matter.

Ronald Koeman has a squad good enough to reach the semi-finals. Whether it holds together long enough is a different question.

The Netherlands land in Group F with Japan, Sweden and Tunisia, three opponents who each expose a different part of their game. Japan press hard and punish slow circulation. Sweden are physical, aerial and organised in the box. Tunisia will sit deep and dare the Dutch to unlock a compact block for 90 minutes.

The fixtures run...