Rudi Krol willing to coach Indian team

Indian soccer may get enriched by the inputs of the great Dutch footballer,Rudi Krol.

The former Holland skipper Rudi Krol,one of the best players in the world,leading what was once rated as the best team in the world,has expressed interest in becoming the coach of the Indian football team,the post lying vacant since Bob Houghton’s departure last month.

Krol,who led the Netherlands two the final of the World Cup in 1974 and 1978,sources said,is one of the several coaches who have applied for the chief coach’s post,according to All India Football Federation (AIFF) sources.

“Rudi Krol has applied for the chief coach’s post,” a top source said.

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The 62-year-old Krol played a key role in leading his team to the finals of two World Cups but was unfortunate to be on the losing side on both the occasions,first to Germany and later to Argentina.

The former Ajax and Napoli player represented the Netherlands on 83 occasions between 1969-83 and in 1979 finished third in the European Footballer of the Year list behind Kevin Keegan of England and Germany’s Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

Earlier,there was speculation that former Germany coach Rudi Voeller had applied for the post but the AIFF dismissed the reports.

It may be recalled that Krol led the Netherlands into the final of the World Cup being held in Argentina (1978) where his team lost to the hosts (led by Daniel Passarella) after scripting one of the most thrilling final matches in the history of the game.

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The absence of another Dutch great,Johan Cruyff (who controversially refused to play in the world cup) may have cost the small European nation a well-deserved victory and the position of world champions – in 1974,they lost to the Franz Beckenbauer-led then West Germany.

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