Uruguay – Holland; all you need to know

BVM about the trip to SA after the game
It was very instructive, all have been enjoying themselves,on the penalty shootout : We wanted to win really, but it did not work. We have anyway no room for that cup, “Van Marwijk said smiling.”

Missed the match..I just read the post-match analysis on goal.com…as soon as i read the word penalty shoot-out…i knew uruguay would have won …we need to change that..i don’t see why we can’t score PK’s !…btw we are still unbeaten !.
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PS :- @Jad was shocked when you mentioned India’s name ..Something I can be proud of as an Indian !

If he wanted to win why did he sub Kuyt going to penalties? Makes ZERO sense.

I like de Jongs passing game now. I think he gave 3 bad passes throughout the game. Importantly, he passed directly forward a lot and gave speed to the ball. Van Persie was very poor at keeping the ball. I think he lost possession the most, but he had some nice touches.

Posted from  Netherlands

@karan, i was showing the worst team in football history when it comes to penalty shootout, the first table is the worst 15 teams in the world

Here the link for the penalty shootouts of todays game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWJU7w7nO0

Why didn’t we want to attack? as soon as they scored (82′) our guys attacked and scored (90′)!. Piece of cake! but why the hell didn’t they go for the goal earlier?. Is it Bert’s decision or is it just because it was a friendly?.

I have the impression Bert wanted to experiment with our defense and our holding midfielders which is great. He made some substitutions but he didn’t change our forwards that way he’d see if our team had a positive or negative effect with the substitutions.

After thinking about the two friendlies and the penalty shootout I can’t help wonder… why is Van Persie still in the team?

Look at his performance over the past year or so. It’s time to let him go. The coach keeps trusting him and he keeps failing every single time. He can’t score, he’s not very creative up front and he hasn’t got the nerves to take a penalty shot.

I took another look at Schaars’ and Heitinga’s shots. Absolutely brilliant, top class, flawless penalty shots. And what do Van Persie and Elia offer us?

Van Persie needs to go.

Posted from  Estonia

Van Persie doesn’t need to go but yes you are right he doesn’t deserve to be treated as an “untouchable” because even Huntelaar has been better with the national team.

@OhYeah I agree. RVN should take Van Persie’s spot. Elia needs to go too…

Posted from  United States

Remember, these guys are on holiday. As long as no one gets his ankle broken, I’m happy.

They are not all on holidays. Only a few have their spots, the rest have to work hard and take advantage of their opportunities and Van Persie should’ve done that.

I liked Krul, Strootman, Bruma.

Also Schaars did well. The only thing that really makes me mad is why don’t we attack when we want to have ball possession we have it so I don’t understand.

bright future but Netherlands!!!

Bruma is exactly what Holland needs a defender that can PASS THE BALL. If we had a defense of VD Wiel, Van Bommel, Bruma, Pieters then we could possess the ball almost, almost as good as Spain does.

That defense
VDV De Jong
Robben Sneijder Afellay
Van Persie

What a line up, and I think Afellay has proven himself to be far better than Kuyt as well. He works as hard, and has so much ability. He has been our best player in both friendlies besides Strootman and Krul

hahahahaha van Persie needs to go… whatever dudes.
To me, thats as silly an argument as saying Kuyt needs to go. Also, you are dreaming if you think that he (one of the most prolific goal scorers in the EPL) would be dropped anyways.
But, I do agree with the sentiment that he definitely should NOT be a guaranteed starter, by any means. I would like to see BvM get a little more competition going with the strikers, but then again, we dont see what happens in training.

I am 100% with Finn, cant figure out what BvM was thinking pulling Dirkie out before PKs besides perhaps trying to get Elia a bit of confidence (not that scoring a PK can give you all that much) which obviously backfired…

Posted from  Canada

Van Marwijk: “The lads were angry with Kuyt for scoring the equaliser. They wanted to go on a holiday and be out on the plane before the ash clud would get us stuck in Montevideo. I replaced Kuyt- our penalty expert – for lame Elia when I heard we didn’t have room in our luggage to take that cup home.”

Jan

Steve: i totally agree with you on van persie – saying that he needs to go is as silly as considering he’s untouchable. and it was only a friendly after a tyring season,with no consequences. he could have declared himself injured like sneijder and vdv did),but at least he went to south america.

Posted from  Hungary

surprise that vpersie missed the penalty, he normaly a good penalty taker. But its good that he failed in friendly match. He learnt from it, and become better when it matters in euro12.

Posted from  Australia

Van Persie does not need to go. There’s a reason that he takes many PKs for Arsenal- he’s a good finisher who happened to miss one today. I think he’s in transition, growing into a team player from a bit of a prima donna that he was just a couple of years ago. He’s made some very smart and unselfish plays in front of the net, both for Oranje and for Arsenal.

As for Elia, I’m afraid that BVM put him in at the end to help build the lad’s confidence back with a PK, but that may have backfired.

Posted from  United States

Why do you people keep talking about Arsenal and EPL? No ones gives a damn if he scores 6 goals a match there. If he can’t do anything useful in Oranje then he needs to go and we need to bring in someone who doesn’t toddle around the field with a hurt face the entire match.

He is the most over-rated player in Oranje.

Posted from  Estonia

Bruma really impressed me he did really well. He seems like a complete defender.

Krul and Bruma really seemed really confident that leaves me very happy because we have a future!.

“Against Brazil, Tim Krul was the ninth player to make his debut for Oranje without having ever played a single game in the Eredivisie. Five of them, never ever played at top level on home soil: Willy Lippens, Wim Hofkens, Rob Reekers, Jordi Cruyff and Jerrel Hasselbaink.”

if krul was the ninth player, who are the remaining 3? bruma is one of them, but who else?

I agree with OhYeah

Van Persie is the most over-rated player in Oranje. He doesnt hold the ball – he holds up the play. He rarely scores important goals for Oranje and is simply too petulant. He has the attitude of Cruyff without the talent…….

@Jad I know you were showing the worst teams …