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Guus Hiddink tight-lipped on future after Russia's World
Cup qualifying failure
Coach Guus Hiddink was giving nothing away regarding
his future after his Russia side were denied a place at the World Cup
finals by Slovenia.
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Down and out: failure to qualify with Russia
a blot on Guus Hiddink's cv Photo: EPA
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The Dutchman, whose existing contract expires in summer
2010 following the finals, had announced towards the end of Russia's qualifying
campaign that any questions about his future would be dealt at with at
a later stage.
But with Russia's World Cup campaign now at a premature end thanks to
Wednesday's 1-0 defeat in Maribor, those questions have been hastily brought
forward, although the Dutchman, for now, is remaining tight-lipped.
He said: "I have an existing contract until the end of the World
Cup finals in July 2010.
"The question (of whether I will continue to Euro 2012) will require
some time for thought.
"Before the matches with Germany and Slovenia the Russian Football
Association (RFS) expressed their desire to continue working together.
"But we'll talk about the future at a later stage."
Hiddink took over as coach in 2006 and guided Russia through a difficult
qualifying group involving England and Croatia to an historic semi-final
place at the 2008 European Championship.
But having enjoyed varying degrees of success at World Cup finals with
Holland, Australia and South Korea, failure to qualify on this occasion
with Russia will prove an unwelcome blot an otherwise illustrious record
for the Dutchman, who turned 63 earlier this month.
Telegraph.co.uk,
Nov 19, 2009
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