Articles tagged with "wesley-sneijder"
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Apr 14th, 2009
Nico Dijkshoorn calls himself a poet. I think he just makes lovely, witty little ditties.
This is his guest column in VI. I'll try to ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Mar 10th, 2009
Sneijder and Robben preparing for The Reds
Wesley Sneijder thinks Real Madrid has a good chance reaching the quarter finals of the CL tonight. "If Liverpool ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2008
Looking back, Euro 2008 has been a bit special. Remember Cracking football, quality goals, big drama and a lot of good performances. But there hasn't ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 21st, 2008
As if the Dutch needed any extra confidence coming off of their 9-1 aggregate victory over the rest of the group of death, they can ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 21st, 2008
This is the dream matchup of the quarterfinals. Both teams have been playing some beautiful attacking football and Russia's mastermind, Guus Hiddink, is both from ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | Jun 15th, 2008
Each round of the group stage and knockouts of Euro 2008, we will be choosing a starting eleven based on who we think put in ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 13th, 2008
Player of the Day: Was going to give it to Wesley Sneijder when I went to the official Euro site to check who was MOTM. ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 13th, 2008
Netherlands
vs
France
Friday, June 13, Kickoff 2045 CET
Berne (Switzerland)
THE BIG PICTURE
Netherlands are coming in on ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Jun 9th, 2008
Review and video from Romania 0-0 France and Netherlands 3-0 Italy.
Who would have thought, after the draw for the Group o'Death, that this ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | Jun 9th, 2008
Netherlands
vs
Italy
Monday, June 9th, 2045 CET
Berne (Switzerland) - Travel to Berne
THE BIG PICTURE
For starters, ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 11th, 2008
Wesley Sneijder's status has changed in his first Spanish season: "In the first weeks, the other players let you sort it out yourself if you ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 20th, 2008
He won't win this, I think
Yes, here we go... Who cares about those old farts who once were great players... Boohoohooo....
We want to discuss the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Apr 16th, 2008
Last Tuesday, Wesley Sneijder was at Nike Nederland's HQ to demonstrate his free-kicks. He also freely shared his secrets:
The Distance
I prefer free-kicks from 20 meters. ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Mar 15th, 2008
In an interview with Spanish newspaper AS, Welsey Sneijder is asked about Klaas Jan Huntelaar. Would he advice Bernd Schuster to sign the Ajax striker?
"Without ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 22nd, 2008
Here's an interesting concept, what if a best eleven wasn't picked on reputation but entirely on statistics? That's the the idea behind the Castrol Performance ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Feb 18th, 2008
Willem van Hanegem is considering quitting as FC Utrecht's coach. The former Utrecht player is extremely annoyed with the bad reffing in Holland and feels ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Feb 8th, 2008
After the impressive wins over England and qualifying for the EC08, some pundits - Leo Beenhakker for one - tip Croatia as a dark horse ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Dec 4th, 2007
Wesley Sneijder: " I can fully understand that after four years of national team work you want to work at a club, work with players ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 27th, 2007
PSV is still alive. They beat CSKA Moscow in the away game 0-1 by a Jefferson Farfan goal in a dreadful game. The circumstances ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 17th, 2007
This week it's exactly four years ago when Wesley Sneijder helped Oranje qualify for the EC2004 with one goal and three assists against Scotland.
Asked what ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 11th, 2007
Ruud van Nistelrooy saved coach Schuster from another screaming whistling concert at Bernabeu, playing Real Mallorca. The home team led 2-0 by Ronbinho goals and ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 6th, 2007
Real Madrid drew 0-0 against Olympiakus Piraeus in a match inwhich the Dutch contingent of the Merenguez forgot to score. Ruud van Nistelrooy had the ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Nov 1st, 2007
It's scary... The man has so much too prove. In a period in football where we have transfer windows, it's obviously still easy to lure ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 29th, 2007
Edwin van der Sar has said he'll retire from Oranje after the EC 2008 in Switzerland and Austria.
Sar made his debut in 1995 and is ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 21st, 2007
Edwin van der Sar has been asked to sign for another year with the Mancunians. The 36 year old is dubbed "on of the best ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 17th, 2007
Wesley Sneijder could really emphasize with the fans. "Yeah, we did start well, but the second half was a disaster. We made it hard for ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 5th, 2007
Team manager Marco van Basten has released the 24 names for the EC qualification matches against Rumania and Slovenia.
Goalie Boy Waterman (AZ), Tim De Cler ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Oct 5th, 2007
What a horrible year for Dutch club football it is! Ajax missed the CL this year. Feyenoord didn't qualify at all. And now, after a ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 17th, 2007
I wanted to give it a go. It's just a post. Don't shoot me.
Here are my musings...
1. Qualification matches are always tough. Here's why...
Players are ...
Posted on: Netherlands Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Sep 11th, 2007
Team manager Marco van Basten is able to use Wesley Sneijder for the EC match against Albania.
The midfielder got a little injury during a trainingsession ...
