sentences:  After winning the Dutch championship with Willem II Tilburg in 1952 and 1955, he coached SC Enschede and Go Ahead Eagles.In 1970, he took over the Netherlands national football team and was their coach as they qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, besting, among others, their eternal rivals Belgium.However, it was Rinus Michels who took over in 1974 and who led them in the finals of that tournament.