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Yesterday the Netherlands had a lot of problems with Slovakia, even though they covered the points handicap. Portugal are a better team than Slovakia and they will be dangerous opponents, even though this tournament means nothing for them because they organize the Final Four of this second strong group. Yesterday against Turkey they didn't play bad, and I expect them to rise their shape as the competition moves on, especially because they're under no pressure. These teams have a lot of head-to-heads, which means there's no large difference in quality. Last year in the second group of the World League they played two matches, and each team won once. A year earlier, in the same competition, the Netherlands won with 3-2 and 3-1, and at the time they had a better team than they do today. I agree that the Netherlands are the favorites, but not such a big one for -2.5 sets, because Portugal have their weapons and I expect them to take a set here.