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The Flying Dutchmen are drawn in the Group D along with Hungary, Romania, Andorra, Turkey and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Estonia-c2894, and the 28-year-old stopper has insisted that the Oranje are the favourites to finish at the top of Group D.
“Everybody expects us to qualify for the World Cup and that's our objective as well. We are still the favourites in our section”, Heitinga was quoted as saying in an exclusive interview to Goal.com.
The Oranje have commenced their qualification campaign positively, defeating http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hungary-c2920 convincingly, and the former Ajax defender has urged his teammates not to lose their focus in their upcoming qualifying games.
Netherlands will take on Andorra at De Kuip Stadion on October 12, before battling against Romania at Arena Nationala four days later.
“We have made a good start, but should not get carried away. I think we can turn this into something beautiful. We must win the upcoming qualifiers. We desperately need the full six points. We have to beat http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Romania-c2990 as well in order to go first in the group and book our ticket for the World Cup as soon as possible. They have six points as well, so it will be a blow for them if we defeat them”, Heitinga concluded.
The Flying Dutchmen are currently sitting second in their group standings, level on points with the table-toppers, Romania. However, should the Dutch manage to bag all three points in both of their upcoming qualifiers, they will snatch the top spot from the Romanians.
Heitinga, who has thus far represented Netherlands in close to 100 games, would be hoping that his team performs brightly, and cruise to comfortable victories against Andorra and Romania.
However, the Dutch stopper knows that every player must put in their 100 percent if they are to achieve this feat.
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