Articles tagged with "engelaar"
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Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 18th, 2009
Arsenal confirmed that Robin van Persie will be out for six weeks. He tore his ankle ligaments against Italy and was stretchered of after a ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 17th, 2009
Happy and proud. Those are two words that came to mind when Otman Bakkal heard he was called up to replace the injured Wesley Sneijder ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Nov 12th, 2009
Wout Brama will make his debut in the selection of Oranje. The 23 year old midfielder of Dutch leader FC Twente is over the moon ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 2nd, 2009
Orlando Engelaar is back in Oranje's definite selection for the Down Under Trip. Van Marwijk announced this at Zeist last Friday.
Raf van der Vaart and ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Sep 27th, 2009
PSV won it's sixth game on the trot against Willem II, 3-1. The Eindhoven teamed stayed on top in the standings in Holland. Otman Bakkal ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 22nd, 2009
Led by Ibrahim Afellay as their guide, PSV has found the door to the group stages of the Europa League. With the 0-1 win in ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 7th, 2009
Oranje's football season starts with a friendly against England coming Wednesday and will end with the WC in South Africa.
Despite Oranje's swift qualifications for the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Dec 16th, 2008
It's a football bull market in Enschede and credits are due to Steve McClaren for achieving that. With his clear, consistent, human and realistic approach ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 18th, 2008
As we discussed earlier on the blog, the second best thing about Oranje being so many points up towards the WC is the fact that ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Aug 18th, 2008
Mark van Bommel is back!
Today, Bert van Marwijk's tenure with Oranje really starts. In the past couple of weeks he traveled around Europe to see ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 6th, 2008
Let's keep them votes coming it...
I can't help but organize this in a 4-3-3 system, so some players will have to play in a different ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 27th, 2008
Maroon 5 dedicated a song to this blog, called...eh... "This Blog".
It goes: "this blog has taken it's toll on me, but you said goodbye, so ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
Oranje will start in the same line up as it did against Italy and France. Khalid Boulahrouz will play as right back and Engelaar will ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
Oranje will play Russia in the quarter finals on June 21 and never before did Holland lose on that particular day. We played five games ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 16th, 2008
Mr and Mrs Van Persie
Part of a dream... That's what Van Persie said when asked what he experienced in the Italy and France matches... ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 15th, 2008
Ruud van Nistelrooy is all smiles. "This was unique. And also because I am super satisfied with myself, without having scored. That's a new feeling ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 14th, 2008
After the match, Holland and France engaged in a horse-back riding race. Team Holland won again!
Johan Cruijff couldn't believe it. "Seven goals against Italy and ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 14th, 2008
Kuyt scores the 1-0
Oranje took on the vice world champions after having punished the actual title holders earlier on.
The expectactions were suddenly high. That defense ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 14th, 2008
Marco: "Oranje angel, come to Marcoooo....."
I mean, what have we learned of course. Was a typo. Sorry.
Before we start: the most important lesson is... ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 13th, 2008
If you see this before the France match, you'll like it. A lot!
If you see this after and we won, it's even better. But if ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 12th, 2008
Football is a game with 22 players and a ball and after 90 minutes....the Germans lose!!
Don Leo is devastated. Here is his press conference: "Sigh...oof...oooh....sigh.... ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 12th, 2008
Although you never know with Van Basten and co. but it seems the Dutch team manager will play the same starting eleven as against Italy.
Smart? ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 11th, 2008
I am still holding on to the original Crystal Ball. It seemed my premonition wasn't too far off. I wrote, if Oranje scored in the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 11th, 2008
Man of the Match according to the UEFA. The BBC chose Van the Man...
With growing surprise Rafael van der Vaart witness Oranje play Italy off ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 4th, 2008
Yep, the Blogging Powers that Be really take good care of their humble moderators!! Apart from the free jerseys, free tickets to all the Oranje ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 4th, 2008
It was exactly twenty years ago, when Oranje won it's first and only title. The current internationals remember that victory well. We will reminiscence with ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 2nd, 2008
This is me three years ago...
I must warn you... I have more than one Crystal Ball. So, if my predictions don't add up during the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 1st, 2008
Orlando Engelaar wasn't as dominant against Denmark as he was against the Ukraine, but his contribution in Holland's second warm up was positive.
Of all Oranje ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 30th, 2008
In the 70est minute of Holland - Denmark, Arjen Robben starts another one of those penetrating runs. Typical for the youngster from Groningen. When he ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 29th, 2008
Vennegoor and Van der Sar. Long John missed four penalties (!) on training
Willem van Hanegem's column in the AD
The whole nation is impressed with Orlando ...
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