Articles tagged with "the-netherlands"
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 1st, 2007
It seems were heading towards an interesting end of the Dutch competition 06-07 here...
PSV was crowned the winter champs some months ago, with a very ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 1st, 2007
And a quick apology as well...
Goose triggered me, asking where his Bergkamp post had gone to... I checked the "authoring" site and I found I ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 30th, 2007
I couldn't help it... Davids is no longer part of Oranje, but he was so inspiring and remarkable, I just had to publish this article ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 29th, 2007
After the Slovenia match there were the compliments and the handshake from Van Basten. Immediately after that, KNVB boss Kesler was ready to hand-over the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 29th, 2007
Bad news for Robin... The Arsenal maestro will be out for the rest of the season, according to Arsenal coach Wenger. On the Gunners' website, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 29th, 2007
I noticed I forgot to mention the line up of Oranje against Slovenia.
vdSar,
Heitinga; Mathijsen;Bouma;Emmanuelson
vBronckhorst;Sneijder;Affelay
Robben;Kuyt;Babel
Van Bronckhorst on midfield was already mentioned by Van Hanegem. He ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 29th, 2007
Arjen Robben thought the win over Slovenia was well deserved, although the team was still making some childish mistakes. “I think we deserved to win, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 29th, 2007
In international football, all that counts is results. And therefore, Oranje did well yesterday evening. It needed a win. Because of history, our standing, statistics ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 29th, 2007
Oranje won narrowly and scored a lucky goal. Still, coach and players emphasized that the victory was deserved and that there is light at the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 29th, 2007
It was another nailbiter. This time, not because of the lousy play and the almost invincibility of the opponent. No, this time Oranje played acceptable ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 28th, 2007
Just quickly guys, we won...
Just.
lucky goal by Gio van Bronckhorst.
85th minute.
Took a reflection, but who cares....
5 Different players in the team.
And....Bulgaria couldn't score against Albania ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 27th, 2007
77% of the Telegraaf respondents say: If we do not win against Slovenia, Marco needs to go!!
The fact that he's not the only one in ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 27th, 2007
Even after the last training for tonight’s match, Demy de Zeeuw didn’t know anything.
The waiting goes on. Last week, it seemed the AZ midfielder would ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 27th, 2007
It’s still unclear how Oranje will play Slovenia tonight. Dirk Kuyt trained with the starters’ shirt, but according to van Basten that doesn’t mean a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 27th, 2007
AD's main article:
The depressing draw against Rumania put a lot of pressure on Oranje for the match later tonight.
The “obvious” win against Slovenia is suddenly ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 27th, 2007
Willem De Kromme Van Hanegem’s opinion in the AD.
It’s a bit cheap to all line up now to say van Basten makes a mess of ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 26th, 2007
Well, the title says it all... And to you statistics-lovers, I do not know how big the N was... Was it four people or 40.000?? ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 26th, 2007
Rafael van der Vaart and Henk Timmer will not travel with Oranje to Slovenia. The HSV captain is suffering too much from a hit on ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 26th, 2007
The criticism in the Dutch papers was fierce! According to most commentaries, both van Basten as the players reached a new low against Rumania.
Volkskrant: "Dutch ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 26th, 2007
In his column in newspaper De Telegraaf football-legend Johan Cruyff supports team manager van Basten. JC blames the Dutch players for the poor performance.
"Holland - ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 25th, 2007
Dirk Kuyt was the Man of the Match in his own Kuip. None of the internationals was so present as him, last Saturday. And that, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 25th, 2007
Marco van Basten will change the team next Wednesday. But…which positions? Center striker Huntelaar – playing a tough match last Saturday – will wait and ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 25th, 2007
Fans of good football haven’t had their cake to eat for some time in Holland… In the crucial duel against Rumania, Dutch finest plodded along ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 25th, 2007
Denny Landzaat, Kew Jaliens and Tim DeCler have been kicked out of the group by team manager Van Basten and do not travel to Slovenia.
Landzaat ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 25th, 2007
Marco van Basten was very unsatisfied after the Netherlands – Rumania match. “Tonight was not a very enjoyable night, not a good match at all. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 25th, 2007
Oranje wanted desperately to play a good match. But it keeps on failing… Saturday, Oranje wasn’t able to win or score against Rumania in a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 24th, 2007
The results Marco van Basten can show the world are impressive!! 32 international games, only 2 losses. That is just incredible. But, the execution on ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 24th, 2007
Rafael is happy. "I enjoy life, I enjoy my family and I am happy with the games I can play...
Edwin van der Sar recently said ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 22nd, 2007
Robben is ready for Rumania. The Chelsea star trained separately from the group but seems fit to play.
A Robben in form can be crucial for ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 22nd, 2007
A year and half ago, Marco van Basten was responsible for a unique situation against Rumania. He used 8 players that were still elligible to ...
