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Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal said Robin van Persie was "important" as the Dutch squad trained on Sunday (22 June) ahead of their World Cup match against Chile in Sao Paulo.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Louis van Gaal, Netherlands coach:

(on Robin van Persie)

"I think that he is very important for us because he is not only our top goalscorer but also he is our captain. So that's always important. But his substitute - he can replace him. Maybe he cannot replace the style and the goals of van Persie but he can give everything from himself to fulfil this task. It's not so easy for him but he can do the job. He is also a great player and maybe he will surprise you!"

SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Louis van Gaal, Netherlands coach:

"I imagine that Brazil dont' want to face Netherlands in the knockout round. We have scored a lot of goals. It's True. And we scored fantastic goals. However, we are not playing the attacking football that we usually play. But it's funny that you call this attacking football."