Articles tagged with "robben"
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Aug 6th, 2009
Royston Drenthe: Dudek help me, that Zoolander here keeps approaching me from the back!!!
Last Friday, Royston Drenthe was seated in the bus to the stadium ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 28th, 2009
Why not? With only eleven months to go and with most of you already putting up your fave names...let's make a crystal ball post on ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 12th, 2009
Hunter and C Ronaldo...
Technical director Jorge Valdano had a bit of a chat with Klaas Jan Huntelaar yesterday, about his status at Madrid. The former ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jul 8th, 2009
Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart, Arjen Robben and Ruud van Nistelrooy don't have to fear for their spot in the Real Madrid selection. These ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 16th, 2009
"There is simply no spot for them," is Jorge Valdano's message. The new Real Madrid general manager talks about the six Dutch players and three ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 11th, 2009
All camera's were zoomed in on goal scorer Arjen Robben, but further down on the pitch Rafael van der Vaart was the center of an ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 10th, 2009
The Dutch team remain unbeaten in the WC qualifications. Bert van Marwijk's team beat Norway 2-0 in a packed Kuip in Rotterdam. Andre Ooijer scored ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 7th, 2009
Van Marwijk and Mathijsen... On the right Frank de Boer and Phillip Cocu...
The Orange Legion will be heading South next summer! Holland qualified as the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 4th, 2009
The Dutch football federation has published their strategic plan for the next 5 years, and in it the KNVB states that one of it's ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jun 1st, 2009
Oranje Under 17 had to make do with the second spot because the German sub Trings scored in the extra time with a Sunday shot ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 12th, 2009
Arjen Robben has been fit since December 2008. Five months without an injury is almost unique for the Madrid winger. He gave Real extra impulses ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 5th, 2009
He could be seen as the one and only successor to the Duke of Alva. Perez is the big fave to become Madrid's new chair ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 4th, 2009
They stood ready in line, lip syncing to the Wilhelmus. This time, a man who may only have played once in the orange jersey but ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | May 1st, 2009
The champion might be known in Holland, but there's still excitement galore in the Nether Lands.
FC Utrecht faces Feyenoord in the city of the Dom ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 30th, 2009
The fans come to the stadiums to see the artists play. The players who control the ball like no other. The ones that take on ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 24th, 2009
Portuguese center back Pepe knows a thing or two about diving.
His team mate Arjen Robben has the disease as does Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo.
Against Getafe, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 8th, 2009
i always say that barca play dutch football - in real madrid it can be 11 dutch players they even wouldn’t play as dutch football ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 2nd, 2009
Arjen Robben was on the ground, just jhaving received a knock from Pandev. Wesley Sneijder sprinted towards him and pulled him up, as if to ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 2nd, 2009
Bert van Marwijk: "Well, now it's safe to say that if we don't make it to the WC, I will resign..."
"But seriously," he went on, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 1st, 2009
It's early in the morning in Oz and I'm ready to watch our lads take on Macedonia live!
Well, live for me :-). Dodged the news ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 1st, 2009
It's early in the morning in Oz and I'm ready to watch our lads take on Macedonia live!
Well, live for me :-). Dodged the news ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 31st, 2009
Some sponsor thought it was fun to have Bert van Marwijk pose for the cameras next to a fake World Cup trophee. That must be ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 30th, 2009
Wesley Sneijder smiles again. And by showing his pearly whites, Sneijder is clearly telling the world he wants to be on the train. And, Wednesday ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 30th, 2009
Arjen Robben was told that he'd start against Scotland at 18.45 on Saturday. And he knew exactly what he wanted to do. "I really wanted ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 30th, 2009
The tension in the WC Group of Oranje has evaporated. Now, the topic will be team building. All eyes are focused on Wesley Sneijder.
While the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 29th, 2009
Robin scores the 2-0...
How this team has grown... And I'm not referring to the victory over Scotland per se. I mean, they weren't that good, ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 27th, 2009
Bert lectures, the group listens...
Never before was there an Oranje team manager with so many fit internationals before two crucial qualification games.
So, this week Bert ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 26th, 2009
Konterman scored...
Pierre van Hooijdonk (Celtic) and Bert Konterman (Glasgow Rangers) played in Scotland. The former internationals shed a light on the upcoming game: "They'll go ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 26th, 2009
Smallest man on the pitch Sneijder wants to climb into the tallest bloke on the bench... Also in the frame: Dickie, Clarence and Patrick...
It's the ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 25th, 2009
The Oranje players were together for the second time on the trainings pitch in 2009, yesterday. It's been six weeks since the Tunisia game. ...
