JOHN HEITINGA has warned his new Everton team-mate Jan Mucha to expect a busy afternoon when Holland meet Slovakia in the second round of the World Cup.

The Dutch won Group E in style and the Blues defender played every minute of their three victories against Denmark, Japan and Cameroon.

Now Heitinga is in high spirits ahead of Monday afternoon’s showdown in Durban.

His optimism is fuelled by the return to fitness of Arjen Robben, who impressed when he came off the bench against Cameroon on Thursday night.

The Bayern Munich winger had been sidelined with a hamstring problem but made an instant impact with a shot against the post which set up the chance for Klaas Jan Huntelaar to seal a 2-1 win.

“Arjen’s quality is there for all to see,” Heitinga said. “He’s come on and proved he can find a way through any defence.

“I’m really pleased we’re playing in Durban again, it’s a fantastic stadium.”

Holland manager Bert van Marwijk has vowed not to rush Robben back into his starting line up.

He said: “Of course we’re incredibly pleased to see that he can be so valuable to us. He was able to play for 20 minutes and everybody can see how important he’s turned out to be for us.

“The idea is to build him up slowly and gradually. I’m really pleased he was able to play for 20 minutes and nothing happened, he didn’t get injured. But there are three more training sessions and he will be growing step by step.”