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How Michiel de Ruyter once helped the Netherlands to victory over Tunisia

How Michiel de Ruyter once helped the Netherlands to victory over Tunisia

The Netherlands is set to play a football match against Tunisia at 1:00 AM, a time when most residents of Amsterdam are expected to be asleep. The article draws a historical parallel between the upcoming sports match and the 17th-century naval victories of Michiel de Ruyter.

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