Against opponents that allowed us to play more football and less power, we should've used Van der Vaart more in that position next to vBommel.
Personally, I think we held on to playing Van Persie for too long. Spain had a similar situation with Torres and decided to go for the best option for the team, by putting Pedro on. Maybe should've put Van Persie on the wing more and Kuyt in the middle, or simply playing Huntelaar.
Ohhh, Van Nistelrooy.. how I would've loved to have you as a supersub.
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Ah well, the thing is over now. Back to club football, and mainly Juve.