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De kabel (English: The cable) is a nickname for a group of five Afro-Dutch association footballers of Surinamese descent, who at the time played for Dutch football club AFC Ajax and for the Netherlands national team. The term originated in the media following an alleged rift between players of the national team during the 1996 European Football Championship. The members of the cable, as mentioned in the media were as follows: * Winston Bogarde * Edgar Davids * Patrick Kluivert * Michael Reiziger * Clarence Seedorf The name arose during an interview on the TV show Barend en Van Dorp, where Davids, Kluivert and Seedorf were present. This was where the term 'kabel' was first mentioned to describe the friendship between the three. During the 1996 UEFA Euro the term was then taken over to describe the aforementioned quintet. ==Origin== The reason for the widespread attention to 'the cable' came after the second group match of the European Championship against Switzerland. Clarence Seedorf started this game as libero in defense. But because the Swiss played in a different formation than expected, Seedorf accidentally slipped into a role as an end-marker. After several fouls were necessitated to stop his direct opponent, thus suffering a yellow card, head coach Guus Hiddink decided to substitute him off in the 26'-minute. Edgar Davids, who was on the bench at the time, reacted aggressively towards Hiddink's decision. After the match he expressed his discontent with harsh criticism over Hiddink towards a Swiss journalist, stating that Hiddink was listening to certain players too much (referring specifically to Danny Blind and Ronald de Boer by name).〔(Zwart tegen wit in het Nederlands Elftal ) VPRO〕 Hiddink "must get his head out of players' asses so he can see better"〔(The Dutch are past masters at self-destruction ), mirror.co.uk〕 according to Davids. After the brief interview, Hiddink decided to waive Davids, whereby he would no longer participate in the remainder of the tournament. Furthermore a photograph which was released by the NOS circulated, where the public believed the five aforementioned players were living in discord with the rest of the selection. The media reported that the picture showed the five players sitting apart from the rest of the group at a separate table during breakfast. This however was not correct. Bogarde, Kluivert and Seedorf sat together at the same table, Davids and Reiziger not. The others who were sitting at the table were John Veldman, Aron Winter and the white Rob Witschge.〔(De Kabel en de Croky-affaire, Verzinsel of waarheid? )〕 Patrick Kluivert indicated in his biography that the table order changed every day, and that there were no permanent seats. The media never focused on the fact that five reverse (white) Dutch players would sit together separately. After Edgar Davis was sent home from the tournament, the remaining four players remained, playing in the final group match, as well as the quarter-final match against France where the Dutch were eliminated. The developments surrounding the affair with the photograph and the media caused a disturbed relationship amongst the players in the national team, the public and the five players known as 'the cable' whereby Seedorf to date is still widely excluded. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「De kabel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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