Hard to watch the Dutch play like this. The only way through is to smash the porkchops and have Germany beat Denmark. Stranger things have happened. I'm sure Ronaldo will have his chances against the porus Dutch defence. Huntlaar must start. Even Kuyt, he is a plummer and on a team full of egomaniacs Bert needs to find a spot for him. The nice thing about the Holland Portugal game is that we are likely to see more than a couple of goals scored. I just hope it's by the right team
We beat Portugal by 2 and Germany wins, the Dutch are through. Not where they wanted to be but still very possible.
I personally didn't like Stecklenbergs positioning on the second goal, he needs to get off that line and take away the angle(which was very tight). Perhaps a keeper has a better read on that. I also thought we needed the save against Denmark, hard to get those legs closed I guess. When in doubt blame Luongo I mean Stecklenberg.
No I agree the back line is more of a gaping wound then a defense. As well as we played against Denmark, every time they crossed a ball or came in the area the marking was completely pedestrian. How the dutch can't produce a single centerback in this generation makes you think the dutch youth system may need to bring in a few Italians coaches to teach some defensive positioning. We keep creating all this offensive talent but haven't had a world class center back since Jaap Stam.
The Netherlands backline is so poor, Jaap Staam must be tearing out the few hairs left on his head wherever he is watching.
Stekelenburg with a massive save on a wide-open Badstuber at the backpost in the first half just before the second Gomez goal. Horrible marking!!
Second half, Hummels walks straight up the middle as the oranje sea parts for him, and gets 2 cracks at it, both saved by Stekelenburg.
If it wasn't for the keeper, the Germans would have had plenty more. Although he did almost give one away to Klose on the mishandled backpass.
Or you could be like Portugal and steal one...
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Dutch are not out yet and the Germans are not in. Lets be honest the Irish were just in it for the festivities.