>Sorry - have just realized that you have already shown the context.
>This seems to be part of an interview with a Dutch footballer.
or someone who was signed up by a Dutch club and spent som time there.
>Expression ' it is physical in Holland and fast' sounds very odd.
I'd say it simply means "the game is fast and there is a lot of physical contact between players" (while most people, myself included, believe that Dutch football relies on technical skill)
>He probably meant that the 'ball' got kicked all over the park.
>Footballers usually refer to themselves in this strange way, instead
>of saying the football got kicked, they say 'I got kicked' as if the
>ball was attached to their foot.
I took this to mean "Wherever I was on the pitch, I was tackled and it wasn't fair play"
Glad to see a Brit posting here!
MG