Ajax could and should have beaten Benfica in the first leg in Portugal. In a time where a draw away versus a Portuguese top team is lamented as a disappointing…
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For some, this has been a mystery. For others, it was always crystal clear. Everyone can see Daley Blind's weaknesses. You don't need to be a football expert for this.…
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This was a good week for Dutch football. I don't want to bore you too much with the co-efficiency ratio discussion ( a battle played out in a spreadsheet, not…
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Trust me, I didn't write this post after Ajax - Besiktas. I started this post a day before. But Berghuis' goal and assist do carry weight of course, considering today's…
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What a night. We had early goals before (WC finals 1974 anyone?) and it hasn't always resulted in greatness. This time, things seem different. An early goal. Another goal in…
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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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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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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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I wish I followed my instincts and wrote in my previous post that I wouldn't play with the same eleven vs Gibraltar. I would have gone with a 3-4-3 and…
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Peter Bosz already said last year how inportant it is to rebuild the squad, last year they sold Tillman and…