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Dutch sad but proud after defeat

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:50:00 -0700

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The Dutch press expressed disappointment and sadness on Monday after the Netherlands' 1-0 FIFA World Cup� Final loss to Spain, but paid tribute to the national team that one paper said fought "like lions".

"The 'Oranje' cry," said a headline in orange in the popular AD daily over a full-page photograph of Wesley Sneijder lying on the grass at the Soccer City stadium, his face hidden in his arms. "Proud after a disappointment, it is possible," the paper said in an editorial. "Even if the defeat in

Holland: We can make History

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:31:00 -0700

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Robin van Persie knows his Holland team-mates have the chance to become immortal on Sunday.

Victory over favourites Spain in the FIFA World Cup� final at Soccer City would finally erase the bitter taste of defeat from 1974 and 1978. Yet the Total Football created by coach Rinus Michels and put into practice by Johan Cruyff has become a millstone round Dutch necks. Even now, as they approach their date with destiny, there are some who argue this is not a true Holland team because Bert van Marwijk's well-drilled outfit lack the same stardust.

Uruguay - Netherlands preview

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:40:00 -0700

The prospect of a Uruguay versus Netherlands semi-final was scarcely mentioned in the long build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa�, yet these are the teams who meet in the last four on Tuesday evening in Cape Town. Both are there on merit too, as they have performed consistently well from the first day, defended resolutely, and taken their chances efficiently at the other end. The winners go forward to the Final, while the consolation prize for the losers is the third-place play-off.

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Gullit: Dutch have had the luck

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:23:00 -0700

Still the only Netherlands captain to ever lift a major trophy, Ruud Gullit is full of praise for the current incarnation of the Oranje, who face Uruguay in the 2010 FIFA World Cup� semi-finals on Tuesday in Cape Town. But the 1988 UEFA European Championship winner said on Monday that fortune had played a big part in the team reaching the last four.
�I think we've played well, but we've had luck at the right moments,� said the 1987 FIFA World Player of the Year. �The own goal against Denmark was lucky, the goal against Japan was so-so, and of course the own goal [which was later ruled to

Dutch fightback buries Brazil

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:15:00 -0700

There was worse to come as Brazil found their stride swiftly. Robinho had already had one effort ruled offside when he broke the deadlock in the tenth minute. Advancing unchecked from inside his own half, Felipe Melo played a ball straight through the centre of the Dutch defence from the halfway line. Robinho, free of his marker Van der Wiel and played onside by Ooijer, was in the clear and he tucked a first-time finish beyond Maarten Stekelenburg.

The Dutch sought an immediate reply when Kuyt tested Julio Cesar with a low drive but Brazil were carrying the greater goal threat and, after