Early 00s? Netherlands didn't even qualify for the 2002 World Cup.
True but sometimes nations over/under achieve and sometimes the coaches are just absolute sh*te. Doesn't change the squad they had then was far better and more talented than their 2010/2014 squad. Stam Van Bommell Davids Seedorf Overmars RVN Kluivert Makaay. Then compare that to the likes of Kuyt RVP Sneijder Mathijsen Heitinga De Jong. You can run through it almost man to man and it blows it out the water.
You also have to factor in how much better the French, Italian, Brazilian, German and even English teams were back then.
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