All posts tagged "Netherlands national team"

  • With all eyes on Holland, the Blind family look to make their mark

    When Daley Blind takes the pitch for the Netherlands in their must-win Euro 2016 meeting with the Czech Republic tomorrow, he might just be able to save his father’s job with a win. Blind, a centerback known...

    • Posted October 12, 2015
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  • New look Spain get shot at revenge

    Spain, at the peak of their prowess around 2010, were never quite perfect; they lost, even on the biggest stage. In their first match at World Cup 2010, which they would of course go on to win,...

    • Posted March 30, 2015
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  • MOTD: Netherlands 2-3 Mexico

    Mexico have finally gotten over the penalty. Or, as they claim, Arjen Robben’s flop which lead to their loss to the Netherlands in the 2014 World Cup Second Round. That moment in that game – 137 days...

    • Posted November 12, 2014
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  • World Cup 2014 Recollections – The Best And Worst

    World Cup 2014 was full of highs and lows – here we take a look at the best and worst of the tournament. The Highest Overachiever When Costa Rica were cast in World Cup 2014 Group D...

    • Posted July 15, 2014
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  • WC MOTD: Brazil 0-3 Netherlands

    Coming into Brazil’s final match of World Cup 2014, the tournament that they have played host to, hopes were high. It was their seventh match of the tournament, and while it wasn’t the seventh match that they...

    • Posted July 12, 2014
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  • Netherlands (2) 0-0 (4) Argentina – Three Thoughts

    Neither Argentina or the Netherlands clearly wanted to waste their chance at spot. In a tight tactical World Cup Semifinal both sides hardly wanted to risk a chance of losing, hence the goalless one-hundred1and-twenty minutes of play,...

    • Posted July 9, 2014
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  • WC MOTD: Netherland (4) 0-0 (3) Costa Rica

    At the World Cup, you have to take risks. But risks make you look like a fool, until they are successful. Neither Costa Rica or the Netherlands looked like fools once this match was over. They both...

    • Posted July 5, 2014
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  • MOTD Preview: Costa Rica V Netherlands

    Venue: Arena Fonta Nova, Salvador KO Time: 21:00 Three teams have already made it to the semi-finals of what has been an extraordinary competition, and while the last Quarterfinal to be played looks like one of the...

    • Posted July 5, 2014
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  • WC MOTD: Late Goals See Netherlands Through To Quarterfinals

    Two last-gasp goals from Wesley Sneijder and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar were enough for the Netherlands to seal their progress through to the World Cup quarter-finals at the expense of the unfortunate Mexico. The Mexicans had led thanks to...

    • Posted June 29, 2014
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  • WC MOTD Review; Chile 0-2 Netherlands

    Regardless of the result in the Arena Corinthians, these two teams were already guaranteed a place in the next round of the World Cup, with both sides having beaten the other two teams, Spain and Australia, to...

    • Posted June 23, 2014
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