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FAMILIAR LINE-UP TO FACE BELARUSSIANS
Amsterdam 05 June 2003 - Coach of the Netherlands Advocaat has called up a lot of familiar faces to get the three points in Minsk when Oranje will face the Belarussians in a Euro2004 qualifying match on Saturday evening (20.30 CET).
The three players who made their debute in the friendly match against Portugal several weeks ago, Kuijt (FC Utrecht), Sneijder (AFC Ajax) and Robben (PSV), will not be called up this time. Coach Advocaat will also have to do without star players Edgar Davids (Juventus) and Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea London) who won't be joining the squad due to injuries.
Twenty players in total will travel to Minsk. Here are the names:
Keepers:
Edwin van der Sar (Fulham), Ronald Waterreus (PSV)
Defenders:
Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Arsenal), André Ooijer (PSV), Michael Reiziger (Barcelona), Fernando Ricksen (Glasgow Rangers), Jaap Stam (Lazio Roma) and Frank de Boer (Barcelona).
Midfielders:
Mark van Bommel (PSV), Marc Overmars (Barcelona), Rafael van der Vaart (Ajax), Boudewijn Zenden (PSV), Clarence Seedorf (Milan), Philip Cocu (Barcelona), Paul Bosvelt (Feyenoord) and Ronald de Boer (Glasgow Rangers).
Strikers:
Ruud van Nistelrooij (Manchester United), Pierre van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord), Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona) and Roy Makaay (Deportivo la Coruña).
The starting line-up will look like this, according to the sports newspapers in Holland:
------------------Van der Sar----------------------
--Reiziger------Stam-----De Boer--Van Bronckhorst--
--Seedorf---Van Bommel---Cocu------Zenden-------
---------------Kluivert---Van Nistelrooy-------------
The coach of Belarussia is sending in his best men and has selected the following players:
Keepers:
Gennadi Tumilovitsj (Antwerp FC), Yuri Tsygalko (Dinamo Minsk), Vasili Homutovski (Metalist Kharkov;
Defenders:
Vladimir Shuneiko (Levski Sofia), Sergei Omeliantsjoek (Arsenal Kiev), Alexandr Hrapkovski (Sokol), Alexandr Lukvitsj (Torpedo Moskou), Sergei Shtanjoek (Stoke City), Andrei Larvik (Dinamo St.Petersburg) en Andrei Ostrovski (Arsenal Kiev);
Midfielders:
Sergei Goerenko (Piacenza), Alexandr Kjatskevitsj (Dinamo Kiev), Maxim Romasjenko (Gaziantepspor), Denis Kovba (Krilya Sovetov), Andrei Milevski (Dinamo Minsk), Alexandr Kulchy (Shinnik Yaroslavl), Alexandr Hleb (VfB Stuttgart), Valentin Bjelkevitsj (Dinamo Kiev);
Strikers:
Vitali Kutuzov (Sporting Lissabon), Maxim Tsygalko (Dinamo Minsk), Roman Vasiljoek (Spartak Moskou).
Written by Erik
Amsterdam 05 June 2003 - Coach of the Netherlands Advocaat has called up a lot of familiar faces to get the three points in Minsk when Oranje will face the Belarussians in a Euro2004 qualifying match on Saturday evening (20.30 CET).
The three players who made their debute in the friendly match against Portugal several weeks ago, Kuijt (FC Utrecht), Sneijder (AFC Ajax) and Robben (PSV), will not be called up this time. Coach Advocaat will also have to do without star players Edgar Davids (Juventus) and Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea London) who won't be joining the squad due to injuries.
Twenty players in total will travel to Minsk. Here are the names:
Keepers:
Edwin van der Sar (Fulham), Ronald Waterreus (PSV)
Defenders:
Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Arsenal), André Ooijer (PSV), Michael Reiziger (Barcelona), Fernando Ricksen (Glasgow Rangers), Jaap Stam (Lazio Roma) and Frank de Boer (Barcelona).
Midfielders:
Mark van Bommel (PSV), Marc Overmars (Barcelona), Rafael van der Vaart (Ajax), Boudewijn Zenden (PSV), Clarence Seedorf (Milan), Philip Cocu (Barcelona), Paul Bosvelt (Feyenoord) and Ronald de Boer (Glasgow Rangers).
Strikers:
Ruud van Nistelrooij (Manchester United), Pierre van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord), Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona) and Roy Makaay (Deportivo la Coruña).
The starting line-up will look like this, according to the sports newspapers in Holland:
------------------Van der Sar----------------------
--Reiziger------Stam-----De Boer--Van Bronckhorst--
--Seedorf---Van Bommel---Cocu------Zenden-------
---------------Kluivert---Van Nistelrooy-------------
The coach of Belarussia is sending in his best men and has selected the following players:
Keepers:
Gennadi Tumilovitsj (Antwerp FC), Yuri Tsygalko (Dinamo Minsk), Vasili Homutovski (Metalist Kharkov;
Defenders:
Vladimir Shuneiko (Levski Sofia), Sergei Omeliantsjoek (Arsenal Kiev), Alexandr Hrapkovski (Sokol), Alexandr Lukvitsj (Torpedo Moskou), Sergei Shtanjoek (Stoke City), Andrei Larvik (Dinamo St.Petersburg) en Andrei Ostrovski (Arsenal Kiev);
Midfielders:
Sergei Goerenko (Piacenza), Alexandr Kjatskevitsj (Dinamo Kiev), Maxim Romasjenko (Gaziantepspor), Denis Kovba (Krilya Sovetov), Andrei Milevski (Dinamo Minsk), Alexandr Kulchy (Shinnik Yaroslavl), Alexandr Hleb (VfB Stuttgart), Valentin Bjelkevitsj (Dinamo Kiev);
Strikers:
Vitali Kutuzov (Sporting Lissabon), Maxim Tsygalko (Dinamo Minsk), Roman Vasiljoek (Spartak Moskou).
Written by Erik
DE BOER AIMS HIGH
[size=0,5]Thursday, 05 June 2003[/size]
By Iain Spragg
Frank de Boer is hoping history does not repeat itself when the Netherlands face Belarus in a UEFA European Championship qualifier this Saturday.
Previous defeat
The Dutch were beaten 1-0 on their last trip to Minsk in June 1995 during their qualification campaign to reach EURO 96™ but still reached the following summer's finals in England. De Boer is acutely aware that Dick Advocaat's side cannot afford a similar slip-up as they vie with the Czech Republic to win Group 3 and secure automatic qualification for Portugal.
'Expected to win'
"It is fair to say we are expected to beat Belarus but we should not fall into the trap of believing it will happen just because it is expected," De Boer told uefa.com. "Football is not like that. I did not play in Minsk eight years ago but that result proves that this game is not a foregone conclusion. That game has not been forgotten, although I know the team on that day was also expected to win."
Aiming high
The unbeaten Dutch currently lie first with ten points from four games, just above the Czech Republic on goal difference. The two teams drew 1-1 in Rotterdam in March and with the Dutch facing the tricky return trip in September, De Boer admitted they could ill afford to drop points before then if they were to avoid the play-offs. He said: "After our failure to qualify for the [FIFA] World Cup last summer, we dare not take any chances this time and the safest way to reach the finals is winning the group.
"I do not expect the Czech Republic to drop points before we meet later this year" - Frank de Boer
'Maximum points'
"I do not expect the Czech Republic to drop points before we meet later this year, so it is vital that we do not either. We cannot guarantee that we will beat them in their own country and that means we must collect maximum points before then. Anything less would mean a draw for the Czech Republic against us would be a good result for them and they would be in a strong position to win the group."
Injury ocncerns
The Dutch, who have injury concerns over De Boer's FC Barcelona team-mates Phillip Cocu and Marc Overmars, beat Belarus 3-0 in Eindhoven in September. Belarus are fourth in the five-team group with three points from four matches and must win to stand any chance of finishing ahead of Saturday's opponents. A forlorn task has been made all the more difficult after one of the country's best players, the 29-year-old FC Dynamo Kyiv midfield player Aleksandr Khatskevich, was ruled out of the fixture after badly bruising his leg in a league fixture at the weekend.
Attacking promise
He will be out for seven to ten days and appears certain to miss next Wednesday's trip to Austria, too. Before that game, third-placed Austria travel to meet Moldova, the section's bottom team. Hans Krankl's side are four points adrift of the Dutch and Czechs but are at full strength for their match in Tiraspol. The Austrian coach is likely to stick with the side which beat Scotland in a recent friendly. "If we play on the counter as effectively as we did in that game things will look bright for us," Krankl said.
Savinov blow
Moldova have lost the 24-year-old defender Aleksei Savinov to injury, with his place going to debutant Eduard Valuta, who plays his football in Ukraine for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya. Striker Yuri Miterev has also been brought in after last playing in October 2001 against Turkey.
Taken from uefa.com
[size=0,5]Thursday, 05 June 2003[/size]
By Iain Spragg
Frank de Boer is hoping history does not repeat itself when the Netherlands face Belarus in a UEFA European Championship qualifier this Saturday.
Previous defeat
The Dutch were beaten 1-0 on their last trip to Minsk in June 1995 during their qualification campaign to reach EURO 96™ but still reached the following summer's finals in England. De Boer is acutely aware that Dick Advocaat's side cannot afford a similar slip-up as they vie with the Czech Republic to win Group 3 and secure automatic qualification for Portugal.
'Expected to win'
"It is fair to say we are expected to beat Belarus but we should not fall into the trap of believing it will happen just because it is expected," De Boer told uefa.com. "Football is not like that. I did not play in Minsk eight years ago but that result proves that this game is not a foregone conclusion. That game has not been forgotten, although I know the team on that day was also expected to win."
Aiming high
The unbeaten Dutch currently lie first with ten points from four games, just above the Czech Republic on goal difference. The two teams drew 1-1 in Rotterdam in March and with the Dutch facing the tricky return trip in September, De Boer admitted they could ill afford to drop points before then if they were to avoid the play-offs. He said: "After our failure to qualify for the [FIFA] World Cup last summer, we dare not take any chances this time and the safest way to reach the finals is winning the group.
"I do not expect the Czech Republic to drop points before we meet later this year" - Frank de Boer
'Maximum points'
"I do not expect the Czech Republic to drop points before we meet later this year, so it is vital that we do not either. We cannot guarantee that we will beat them in their own country and that means we must collect maximum points before then. Anything less would mean a draw for the Czech Republic against us would be a good result for them and they would be in a strong position to win the group."
Injury ocncerns
The Dutch, who have injury concerns over De Boer's FC Barcelona team-mates Phillip Cocu and Marc Overmars, beat Belarus 3-0 in Eindhoven in September. Belarus are fourth in the five-team group with three points from four matches and must win to stand any chance of finishing ahead of Saturday's opponents. A forlorn task has been made all the more difficult after one of the country's best players, the 29-year-old FC Dynamo Kyiv midfield player Aleksandr Khatskevich, was ruled out of the fixture after badly bruising his leg in a league fixture at the weekend.
Attacking promise
He will be out for seven to ten days and appears certain to miss next Wednesday's trip to Austria, too. Before that game, third-placed Austria travel to meet Moldova, the section's bottom team. Hans Krankl's side are four points adrift of the Dutch and Czechs but are at full strength for their match in Tiraspol. The Austrian coach is likely to stick with the side which beat Scotland in a recent friendly. "If we play on the counter as effectively as we did in that game things will look bright for us," Krankl said.
Savinov blow
Moldova have lost the 24-year-old defender Aleksei Savinov to injury, with his place going to debutant Eduard Valuta, who plays his football in Ukraine for FC Metalurh Zaporizhya. Striker Yuri Miterev has also been brought in after last playing in October 2001 against Turkey.
Taken from uefa.com