Theo Janssen’s coaching role at De Treffers

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Theo Janssen, 45, is coaching amateur club De Treffers, which was preparing to face professional side Heracles in a cup match. He said he considered the gap between amateur and professional football small, while acknowledging that Heracles had the strongest squad in the Eerste Divisie and not raising expectations for the match.

A separate profile described Janssen, a former Netherlands international, as impressing as a coach while De Treffers compete near the top of amateur football. It said he is not an outspoken presence on the touchline.

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