Giovanni van Bronckhorst, John Heitinga, Arjen Robben, Joris Mathijsen, Mark van Bommel and Khalid Boulahrouz all have one yellow card each and another caution could rule them out of the second round.

"We don't want to take any risks for the next round," said van Basten.

Midfielder Phillip Cocu (ankle) and defender John Heitinga (thigh) are both carrying injuries from Friday's 2-1 win over Ivory Coast and are doubtful starters.

Argentina's Javier Saviola, Gabriel Heinze, Luis Gonzales and Hernan Crespo are also on a yellow card and will sit out Tuesday's game.

Both teams have already qualified for the next round and Wednesday's match will decide who tops the group.

Either Portugal or Mexico are likely to be waiting in the second round but van Basten insists he will not let his team be distracted by the next stage until they have completed their tricky assignment with Argentina.

The Dutch have only lost once to the South Americans -- in the 1978 World Cup final in Buenos Aires.

"We will play to win," said the 41-year-old, who took over from Dick Advocaat following their semi-final exit at Euro 2004.

"We will be proud to finish top of the group by beating Argentina. They are one of the big favourites for the title.

"But even if I knew I would be playing this or that team in Group D, I am not going to alter my tactics at all in the hours before a match. There would be no sense.

"We play to win."

Van Basten also paid tribute to his team claiming there is a new spirit in the squad.

"Without the spirit, we could have been beaten by Ivory Coast, but we defended well.

"But we need to improve our possession of the ball when we are being put under pressure by our opponents."

Head to Head
Netherlands v Argentina
Netherlands lead 3-1; one draw
1974: Netherlands 4 Argentina 0 (Gelsenkirchen)
1978: Argentina 3 Netherlands 1 aet (Buenos Aires)
1998: Netherlands 2 Argentina 1 (Marseille)
1999: Netherlands 1 Argentina 1 (Amsterdam)
2003: Netherlands 1 Argentina 0 (Amsterdam)