Van Basten: satisfied, but….
Team manager Marco van Basten was happy with the qualification for the EC, but less satisfied with the lack of goals.
“We started well. We created many chances but only scored once. And that is a disappointed. We wanted a nice fiesta and lots of exciting goals. With our skills and capabilities, I think we needed to make more goals. I counted at least 10 big opportunities. But, the ball just didn’t want to go in.”
“Koevermans did very well. He scored a good goal. That was why I played him and not Kuyt. Dirk needs space to go from left to right and surprise defenders. Koevermans feels very comfortable hanging in the box and I knew we would see a lot of action there. We are happy with Koef’s contribution. He is a good passer and bouncer. He did it well.”
Van Basten was also happy with the four-man midfield with Vaart, Sneijder, Gio and Seedorf. “I gave them the freedom to play from their position. And I liked the way they came up with ideas and solutions. All these boys are extremely skilled. If we have possession, they are the ones that need to do it. And when we play stronger opponents, we will get even more space. If you see how many good opportunities they created against this opponent, we can only expect more.”
Van Basten did go in on his future plans for the team. ” I can’t see us play 4-4-2 from now on. Not every match. I want to assess it fixture by fixture. And we will need to find a compromise with the players for that. It’s great if we can play all our big guns, and then we have Van Persie, Babel, Robben, Afellay…. Some players will have to be disappointed in some cases. That’s a luxury problem.”
Tenslotte liet Van Basten weten dat hij niet van plan is altijd met een 4-4-2-formatie te spelen. Hij wil per wedstrijd bekijken hoe hij zijn elftal neerzet. ‘Daar moeten we met de spelers tot een compromis over komen.’
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guys come back for our final 23 think abt tat even i knew its so early
do u need de cler
jaliens,kuyt
de jong,haiselink in the team
my 23
according to 442(position wise subs also)
My four strikers
Nestel
vanpersie
hantlaar
babel
my eight midfeilders
Roban
Drenthe
vaart
Zneijder
Zeedorf
De saaw
Englaar(for stamina and physical strengh)
afaleey/castelen
Diffenders
Urby Emmanuelson
rayan donk
joris mathijenson
andre ooiger
khalidbulhruz
ron vaarl
johny heitinga
krompcamp/melchiot
goal keepers
vander sar
stekeln burg
boy waterman




Goalkeepers
van der Sar
Stekeleneburg
Waterman
Defenders
Emmanuelson
Mathijsen
Heitinga
Vlaar
Ooijer
Donk
van Bronckhorst (as a backup for Emmanuelson)
Midfield
Seedorf
Sneijder
van der Vaart
Nicky Hofs
Robben (if u can count him as that)
Affelay
De Zeeuw
Strikers
van Persie
Babel (babel can drop to left-mid)
van Nistelrooij
Kuijt
Huntelaar
Slory
I would’ve said Castelen but he tends to play on left mid, and we already have babel, robben, van der vaart who can play there
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golkeepers
vds
stekelenburg
waterman
defenders
kromkamp
melchiot
emmanuelson
heitinga
mathijsen
ooijer
bouma
emmanuelson
de cler
midfielders
de zeeuw
van bronckhorst
sneijder
seedorf
van der vaart
affelay
robben
strikers
van persie
babel
van nistelrooij
huntelaar
kovermans
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O ya I forgot about melchiot, i would take him instead of slory, whose not half bad.
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