With expectations back in Holland building, Van Marwijk is keen to stress that with the biggest prize in world football at stake, anything can happen.
"It will be a very dangerous match. I warned about this on the first day two years ago - there's always the next game," he told reporters
"The euphoria at home is massive at the moment and maybe it's good that we're so far away and can't witness it because we really need to focus on Uruguay and that won't be easy.
"They didn't reach the semi final for nothing, so we have to really focus again and not think that we're already there."
Both sides will be missing key players for the Cape Town spectacle as a final looms against either Germany or Spain, but the statistics speak for themselves.
Under Van Marwijk the Oranje have been one of the best performing teams in the world.
They picked up eight wins from eight games in qualifying and have a 100 percent record from their five games in South Africa, which includes sending favourites Brazil packing.
"I'm a sportsman and if I go somewhere, I want to win. People might think that's arrogant, but we have proven we can beat Brazil, one of the best teams in the world," Van Marwijk said.
"If that's a fact, we should dare to say this, we should go for it."
It is a formidable achievement that should have Uruguay quaking in their boots, especially with the South Americans needing huge luck to overcome Ghana after being pushed to extra-time and penalties in their quarter final.
Before the tournament, the glory years of Uruguayan football were a fast fading memory, with their last semi final 40 years ago and just two appearances in the last five World Cups.
But under Oscar Tabarez, who also steered them to the last 16 in 1990 in his first stint as coach, they have been rejuvenated and cannot be written off.
Known as El Maestro in his homeland, Tabarez is reliable, hard working and a man of few words. He, for one, is not ready to throw in the towel.
"We are amongst the four best teams at this World Cup. This is something we would never have imagined before coming to South Africa," he said.
With expectations back in Holland building, Van Marwijk is keen to stress that with the biggest prize in world football at stake, anything can happen.
"It will be a very dangerous match. I warned about this on the first day two years ago - there's always the next game," he told reporters
"My players are very united. I don't know how far we can go in the tournament. Holland have some great players, but we cannot betray this group of players.
"If there is a glimmer of hope we must hang on. We will certainly not throw in the towel before playing that match.
"Holland will be very difficult - but not impossible.
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