Dutch coach out to avoid tendency to self destruct

One game away from a World Cup final, the Dutch hope their notorious tendency to self-destruct doesn't come back to haunt them.

After five World Cup wins in a row, including a memorable 2-1 quarterfinal victory over five-time champion Brazil, the Dutch have an impressive record and are strong favorites to beat Uruguay in Cape Town on Tuesday.

But the team is well short of its best form, and coach Bert van Marwijk says the Dutch have a history of thinking too far ahead.

"We have witnessed it before in the past," he said. "Think about two years ago in Austria and Switzerland. We beat Italy and France and everybody already thought we …