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Sunday, June 22, 2008

A disappointing morning.(Sg Time)

The Netherlands (1)1 - Russia (1)3
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As a a fan/supporter of Team Oranje,I watched the full match.
Very disappointing performance by the Orange Army.
They played with little tempo,momentum,speed and precision,unlike the previous three matches in the group stage.
Although against Romania they fielded a second-string line up,it was enough to outclass the Romanians who actually beat them once in the Qualifying round.
They thrashed Italy and France,3-0 and 4-1,respectively.
Excellent display of flowing football was seen in the two above mentioned matches.

But the Russians put up an amazing performance of football.
Outclassing The Netherlands with their excellent play.
Holland was very sloppy throughout the match.
The quality of play like they played against Italy,France and Romania just was'nt there.
The night was the Russians one.
They played beautifully.
The defence of Khalid Boulahrouz,Joris Mathijsen,Andre Ooijer and Giovanni Van Bronckhorst was torn apart by the Russians.
The match could have ended before 90 minutes.Russian's way.
The Dutch had limited chances on goal.
In extra time,you could hardly see a proper build-up by the Oranje.
Wesley Sneijder was trying to single-handedly lift up the Dutch.
But it was'nt that successful.

So everyone,remember this name.
ANDREI ARSHAVIN.
He is a great playmaker that outclass the Dutch defence.
He contributed to 2 goals and scored 1.
It was his match.
He is better than Cristiano Ronaldo,although less flashy.
The Russian attacking approach was spot on.
They knew the defence of the Dutch was'nt impressive,and they had gained on it.
While the Dutch struggled to build up a momentum for attack.
And the Russians had superior fitness.
In the extra time,Netherlands was a pale shadow of its Total Football quality.
Russians relentlessly attacked and attacked.
Even though it was extra time,they showed little signs of fatigue

It was a really unexpected set of results.
Outclass and outwit.
For a team that had sailed through the group of Death,they were beaten by the underdogs.

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