Comments on: “Go full on the attack vs Macedonia”, says Van Hanegem

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:23:42 +0000

No probs Caleb

By: Nino

Nino — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:40:16 +0000

Hello. I’m also a Macedonian that hopes for the best, but truthfully I think that we will be beaten by the dutch players only because we expect too much from our sheety squad. I’m just objective, i have watched the 1st game vs Scotland on the stadium and i think that if we play like we played in the 2nd half we will be hardly defeated. Beside that, that we have two draws vs Holland in the past I really don’t think that we can do it again. We need some more players like Pandev, who are expirienced in some serious matches. Maybe this post isn’t looking writen by a macedonian fan but I’m. Anyways, I have ticket for the match vs Holland so I’ll cross my fingers and cheer my team till my last breath. Go Go Macedonia, and as a fan i ofcourse hope for the best. Cheers

By: Maki23Inter

Maki23Inter — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:31:31 +0000

Hey all im from Macedonia.For tommoroews game i think Holland will have a lot of difficulties to take good result.If we manage to score first i think we can beat Holland.We played with them 2 times and got 2 draws,now our team is much more expirienced so i really hope we will beat Holland,draw would be good result too.NAPRED MAKEDONIJA!!!!

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:53:26 +0000

@Vojo – welcome to the site! Good analysis of the upcoming game. Macedonia may not have the superstars that Holland has, but they certainly have the fight to the death mentality that Holland lacks. What do you think the chances of a draw are?

(sorry Jan, I stole your job there a little bit )

By: Dr.Mansur

Dr.Mansur — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:48:50 +0000

Good luck for Holland in the qualifiers.I watched the Macedonians during the EC qualifications, they know how to frustrate other teams.Scotland and Norway are tough opponents too.It won’t be easy for Holland.I agree with Van Hanegam,attack from the first minute.It is very important to score first.

By: Miguel Rosado

Miguel Rosado — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:53:31 +0000

Willem is very right. In order to win against these kind of teams you have to attack them and when they have the ball be a little nasty, that’s what we lacked against Russia.

By: Vojo

Vojo — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:58:28 +0000

I`m from Macedonia and i face the reality , although we usually fight to death on the pitch but this Holland squad wiil be big chunk to bite on,draw is what we aim but victory will be nice too,Dutch will have their hands full with Pandev because he is very dangerous and he is Lazio top scorer ,thats why we have Shumulikoski and Maznov from behind which are not Roben or Van Nest. caliber but will do the job.

By: Michel-Olivier

Michel-Olivier — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:37:46 +0000

@ juan
another madridista

@ jan
i agree

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:31:55 +0000

I guess the problem is time here. Holland ended the EC mid June and then in August the first friendly is there. The first WC qualifier is in September. Not a lot of time and opportunity to test new players.

By: juan carlos

juan carlos — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:13:02 +0000

hi Michel oliver,, iam just Juan Carlos Velazquez from Madrid