For many days, the overall view was that poor Oranje was having to slug it out with Portugal or even Germany in the first knock-out game. But it seems the…
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Friends, we did what we had to do. We won all home matches in the group stage. And we didn't expect anything less. Ukraine, Austria and North Macedonia should be…
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Memphis Depay signed a deal with Barcelona. In the past, this would have been a major headline in The Netherlands and maybe across Europe. Not today. The Euros are on…
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Talent? Check. Energy? Check. Balance of experience and young exuberance? Check. Goals? Check. But still, despite all of this, we still look like a team of juniors, the way we…
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It took 13 years for Oranje to win at a Euros again! After 45 minutes, my title for this post was "Everything but the goals" but after 90 minutes, we…
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In the past weeks, we saw some negativity posted here about the team which prompted me to respond. There were so many things said, that I felt a counter-post was…
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My friends, it's been 7 years but we're back at the top level. Sadly, my web developer and myself have not been able to reach the knock-out stages of the…
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Jurgen Klopp gave him a tremendous compliment: "The successes of this Liverpool were partly built on the legs, lungs, brains and heart of Gini Wijnaldum!". After his 75th cap against…
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Or so we hope... It's only one more week... And then the real stuff comes down. Frank de Boer wanted to be able to play 5-3-2 and seems to be…
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Us Oranje fans here on the blog knew it already: The Netherlands consist of 18 million national team managers. Everyone is an expert. Everyone has an opinion. And like you…
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It really shows that Van Dijk and Van Hecke need more playing time together, individually great players but man, in…
@Tjeerd, Thank you for posting the link; really good.
Good analysis. Thank you
Found this analysis of the game on the NYT's Athletic. Good read, free link. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7370754/2026/06/20/netherlands-sweden-result-world-cup-gakpo-brobbey/?unlocked_article_code=1.rlA.BC3V.DOzBkx-v3-RS&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
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The biggest change to this team will be the addition of Brobbey. That gives us a focal point in the…