We checked out Nordin Amrabat in the first of this series. Now it’s time for Heerenveen striker Gerald Sibon.
He is in the autumn of his career. The 34 year old Heerenveen striker will go to Bejing as one of the dispensation players. And he intends to enjoy! But, winning is everything. “I am not going [...]

August 7, the Olympics will start for the Dutch football team. Foppe de Haan will try to snatch another gold for us. Let’s meet some of the main characters. First: Nordin Amrabat.
Amrabat’s summer is great already. He will move to his new club PSV Eindhoven and has a good chance to defend the Dutch colors [...]

If there’s one compliment Foppe de Haan deserves it’s praise on his ability to gel teams together. He was responsible for winning two European championships in a row with Young Oranje, a unique feat in Dutch football history.
De Haan spent some time in Switzerland to watch the Dutch seniors try to win the title as [...]

Give them bread and games, wasn’t that what some Roman emperor said? The people will be docile and stay quiet as long as we feed them and entertain them… Well, we just had some entertaining weeks of European top football and we’re preparing ourselves for the Olympics now!
I must confess: I love the Olympics. Suddenly [...]

Some weeks back, the Dutch Olympics played a friendly tournament in Sweden. De Haan’s squad won the last game against Portugal with 2-0, after losing against France and a draw against the hosts.
A good win against the strong Portuguese team, who we won’t see at the Olympics by the way.
Jeremain Lens, played for NEC last [...]

Felix sent this article in to our blog, but it got stuck in the spam-swamp. I found it just now and decided to post the article here. Thanks Felix, and sorry for the delay, mate.

Nacer Barazite is currently Arsenal Reserves & Youth leading goalscorer with 19 goals this season, he is rated as one of [...]

The team that won the Euro title in 2007
The Orange Olympics are in a group with Nigeria, the US and Japan at the upcoming Olympics in Bejing.
Oranje can’t be too unhappy, avoiding Olympic Champs Argentina, Brazil and strong outsider Cameroun.
Foppe de Haan’s team will start on August 7 against Nigeria, one day before the [...]