Articles tagged with "oranje"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 4th, 2008
The EC is history. Spain won. So what? It's old news. Bring on the new...
The next big thing will be the World Cup (have I ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 3rd, 2008
Football fans could chose the EC's best goal on the UEFA website. Wesley Sneijder's wonderful strike fromm outside the box, the 4-1 against France, received ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 3rd, 2008
Football mania has left the Swiss capital Bern, but they won't forget the Dutch fans. Ever. Two weeks, the city was orange and the party ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 2nd, 2008
He is quite something... Sent away from PSV by none other than Guus Hiddink. Played for AGOVV in the cellar of professional football. Made a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 2nd, 2008
Give them bread and games, wasn't that what some Roman emperor said? The people will be docile and stay quiet as long as we feed ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jul 1st, 2008
Deco will move from Barcelona to Chelsea. The Portuguese midfielder will be reunited with his Portugal coach Scolari.
Patrick Kluivert returns to Holland! He will move ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 30th, 2008
* Playing lousy and copping criticism and playing out-of-this-world football can be sleeping on the same pillow.
* Playing out-of-this-world football and playing crap in the ...
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 26th, 2008
I couldn't get myself to write the daily "what have we learned" posts, because what we basically learned was how to play football, thanks to ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 23rd, 2008
It's been a couple of days... We all got drunk, or into some bar brawl or we burned our Oranje jersey or whatever it was ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 23rd, 2008
50% of the Dutch population wanted Marco van Basten out, six months ago. Now, we all feel he has retired from his job a week ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 22nd, 2008
We have two games to cover with this weekend's award ceremonies. So let's get cracking. First up ...
The Life of Brian Award : ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 22nd, 2008
It's 14 hours after the horrible exit of Oranje. Is it time now to look at our performance objectively.
Let's find out.
Psychological / Mental
Holland came into ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
Most actors in today's drama were gutted... But also pretty honest.
Marco van Basten: "Russia deserved to win. They could have won with a bigger difference ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
It's more than half an hour after the game. I needed some time to collect my wits, my thoughts and all the coffee cups I ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008-liveblog/euro-2008-qf3-liveblog-netherlands-vs-russia.html
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 21st, 2008
Tonight the fans will sing "You'll never walk alone" for Khalid and Sabia. It wouldn't be surprising to even see cuddly toys and teddy bears ...
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 20th, 2008
Peter Wekking wrote this excellent column in the VI, some weeks before the tournament:
Edwin van der Sar. A child of Noordwijk. Hsving spent his youth ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2008
Sorry guys, it's 5.30 am and Croatia - Turkey is still on. Watching football at this time is only fun when watching quality play...
Turkish goalie ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 20th, 2008
When he got back in the Russian hotel, Guus Hiddink enjoyed a late supper and went to bed. But the sleep wouldn't come. He enjoyed ...
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 19th, 2008
Huntelaar is training for the Tour de France: " Imagine, winning the title and the yellow jersey in one year!"
Oranje finished its entrees, but the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
Khalid Boulahrouz will stay in the Dutch camp. On Wednesday, Khalid and Sabia were faced with a devastating personal drama when he premature baby girl ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
Marco van Basten: I wasn't impressed with Germany!
Joachim Low does look good in a cage.
Oranje does its best to enchant the world, only for the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
It's over with all that fiddling and tinkering and calculating and hiding.
The boys are separated from the men! Now, it's all or nothing. It's Death ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 19th, 2008
Neuropsychologist Erik Matser wrote a book called "Character" in 2006 and in that he discussed - among other things - the brilliance of Marco van ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 18th, 2008
So what is that with Golden Guus Geluk Hiddink?
Is he a phenomenon? A brilliant tactician? A super motivator?
He is smart. That's what he is. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 18th, 2008
A wonderful playing Oranje scored nine goals in the Group of Death. Euphoria pushed criticism aside. And Edwin van der Sar, the 37 year old ...
