All Entries Tagged With: "Netherlands"
Photo: Italy and Netherlands new kit
Really Italy? It’s like a superhero suit! Thanks to CalcioItalia and FootballShirtCulture
Meet Rafael Van der Fart!
Yep, apparently Netherlands’ player Rafael Van der Vaart also has a powerful weapon (beyond his great football skills). The midfielder can now be called simply by Van der Fart.
What happened there Oranje?
When I sat in my couch today to watch the Netherlands play Russia for the quarter-finals of EURO 2008, I was expecting to see the Oranje crush the Russians. What happened instead, was a Russian party, with a lot of Oranje squeezed juice. In a match where it seemed like the Netherlands spent all their [...]
EURO 2008 Results – Jun 21st. Bye Oranje.
It was the end of the line for the Dutch. After a tie in regular time, a young and powerful Russia managed to score 2 in overtime sending the favorite home early.
Netherlands 1 – 3 Russia
goals by: Pavlyuchenko (Russia), Van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), Arshavin & Torbinski (Russia)
EURO 2008 Results – June 17th. Bye bye Romania and France.
Another bye-bye-time-to-go-home day at EURO 2008. Only the Netherlands was 100% qualified to the quarter finals. Romania needed at least a tie or victory to get into the next phase. Italy and France, repeating 2006 World Cup’s final, needed a victory and Romania to lose in order to qualify. And to make me a little [...]
EURO Photo: Sneijder rules my world.
Seriously, amazing play and amazing goal by Sneijder. I am now definitely rooting for the Netherlands!
EURO goal: Sneijder on Buffon.
Best goal so far. Definitely. Italy, watch and learn.
Netherlands kicking Italy’s old behind.
What a nice match! When lots of people expected an equally competitive match, what was shown today in Berne was a dominant Netherlands over a weak Italy. Van Basten’s squad was fast, skillfull and effective. Donadoni’s was slow, with a lot of bad passes and poor play choices. From Van der Sar to Nilstelrooy, the [...]
