Hmm pity about that, he could've been famous earlier, at euro '96... poor boy got sent home :down:
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HOLLAND LINE-UP
All newspapers in NL agree: Holland will be playing 4-5-1
From right to left:
Van der Sar
Reiziger -- Stam -- De Boer -- Cocu
Davids--Van Bommel
Van der Vaart -- Kluivert -- Overmars
Van Nistelrooy
A very strong and experienced squad.
Cocu as left back is a good choice as Zenden was terrible last match against the Austrians. For those of you who aren't very familiar with Cocu - if you think Zambrotta makes a good left back then so too does Cocu
Van der Vaart on the right is a loose position. The midfield will be changing A LOT which makes it very hard to defend. Expect Overmars and Van der Vaart to switch places all the time and the same goes for Davids (who recovered from injury on time for the match). He'll be defending a lot, together with Van Bommel but in possession, he'll probably switch into Kluivert's position when he can so that Kluivert can partner Van Nistelrooy up front.
PS > I'm in The Hague and I don't have an internet connection at my appartment (I'm typing this at uni) so I can't report on the match but if you want to know how it went, check www.footballnl.com
It's a very reliable site who will have the latest news surrounding Oranje
All newspapers in NL agree: Holland will be playing 4-5-1
From right to left:
Van der Sar
Reiziger -- Stam -- De Boer -- Cocu
Davids--Van Bommel
Van der Vaart -- Kluivert -- Overmars
Van Nistelrooy
A very strong and experienced squad.
Cocu as left back is a good choice as Zenden was terrible last match against the Austrians. For those of you who aren't very familiar with Cocu - if you think Zambrotta makes a good left back then so too does Cocu
Van der Vaart on the right is a loose position. The midfield will be changing A LOT which makes it very hard to defend. Expect Overmars and Van der Vaart to switch places all the time and the same goes for Davids (who recovered from injury on time for the match). He'll be defending a lot, together with Van Bommel but in possession, he'll probably switch into Kluivert's position when he can so that Kluivert can partner Van Nistelrooy up front.
PS > I'm in The Hague and I don't have an internet connection at my appartment (I'm typing this at uni) so I can't report on the match but if you want to know how it went, check www.footballnl.com
It's a very reliable site who will have the latest news surrounding Oranje
Yep, poor play by Holland backline after Davids sent off.
The Czech midline was so dicipline to maintain the team's coordination. Nedved was everywhere....good play also by Poborsky, Rosicky and Smicer.
AS for Holland I think they played with no spirit, they get frustated and look at what RvN doing in bench after van Hoijdoonk replaced him So childish...
Well done for The Czech Rep. :thumb: but I still want Holland will qualified as well
The Czech midline was so dicipline to maintain the team's coordination. Nedved was everywhere....good play also by Poborsky, Rosicky and Smicer.
AS for Holland I think they played with no spirit, they get frustated and look at what RvN doing in bench after van Hoijdoonk replaced him
So childish...Well done for The Czech Rep. :thumb: but I still want Holland will qualified as well
++ [ originally posted by Febrina ] ++
AS for Holland I think they played with no spirit, they get frustated and look at what RvN doing in bench after van Hoijdoonk replaced him So childish...
AS for Holland I think they played with no spirit, they get frustated and look at what RvN doing in bench after van Hoijdoonk replaced him
So childish...
About the match, it was already never going to be easy but with ten men against the Czechs (who I personally see as Europe's best team at this point) it's an impossible mission.
Great drama touch of the evening (taken from a newspaper):
As Milan Baros scored the final goal to make it three one, the team collapsed. Fatigue, frustration and injustice soared through the nation. Seconds after the final whistle, a 12 second long power outage struck Amsterdam. Sky scrapers went dark, subways stopped in their tracks and the capital came to a stand-still. Out of shock, so it seemed."
But we're still here! The team is a tighter group than ever! This result made them realise that they're not invincible after an unbeaten streak of 17 matches and realism is a strong virtue. Saddle your horses, the play-offs remain! :strong:
++ [ originally posted by Matto ] ++
Two tackles (the last one in the penalty area) for which he both received yellow cards. He was sent off in the 13th minute and rightfully so, no refereeing errors there.
Two tackles (the last one in the penalty area) for which he both received yellow cards. He was sent off in the 13th minute and rightfully so, no refereeing errors there.
To whom were the tackles and who was the ref please ?
injury time, van der sar for some reason goes to the half field line(to cheerlead i think) while Holland take a corner or sth, but then the czech dudes counter and baros gets the ball in the dutch half and vds runs back, but stops before entering the box and starts flapping at baros...u have to see it