The Netherlands vs Germany round 2 match group B 19:45 GMT Metalist Stadium Kharkiv, Ukraine Line ups: The Netherlands: Stekelenburg Van der Wiel - Heitinga - Mathijsen - Willems De Jong - Van Bommel Robben - Sneijder - Afellay Van Persie Germany: Gomez Podolski - Ozil - Muller Schweinsteiger - Khedira Lahm - Badstuber - Hummels - Boateng Neuer News: Mathijsen returns from a hamstring injury and replaces Vlaar. Past: 39 encounters, 14 wins for Germany, 10 for The Netherlands, 14 draws Last 5 Encounters: Friendly, Hamburg November 15th 2011 Germany - The Netherlands 3-0, 1-0: Müller '15; 2-0: Klose '26; 3-0: Ãzil '65 Friendly, Rotterdam August 17th 2005 The Netherlands - Germany 2-2, 1-0: Robben '3; 2-0: Robben '46; 2-1: Ballack '49; 2-2: Asamoah '81 European Championship group stage, Porto June 15th 2004 Germany - The Netherlands 1-1, 1-0: Frings '30; 1-1: v. Nistelrooy '81 Friendly, Gelsenkirchen November 20th 2002 Germany - The Netherlands 1-3, 0-1: Kluivert '22; 1-1: Bobič '34; 1-2: Hasselbaink '69; 1-3: v. Nistelrooy '79 Friendly, Amsterdam February 23d 2000 The Netherlands - Germany 2-1, 1-0: Kluivert '15; 1-1: Ziege '22; 2-1: Zenden '28
Is that the definite line up for Holland? I can't see why you wouldn't want to make a change upfront after they squandered so many chances in the first game.
These are the line ups presented by the biggest newspapers in the country, so these are pretty accurate.
Half a bottle of Jack Daniels, three big bottles of Becks, missus is out till ten, biggest rivalry in Europe on telly, finally a decent Dutch team that seem to be able to play together and a German side full of talent... not much could improve my evening unless my girlfriend comes back, after experimenting with her sexuality, and brings home the barmaid from my local that I secretly fancy and says "so... threeway?"
It's Netherlands ( not Holland ) .........but please remember that I also support Spurs - before you call me a pedantic c*** - just like the Chelsea mod claimed when I corrected him after he said that his team are European champions.
I think Germany will win but didn't expect them to score then, I thought the Dutch were looking good for a goal. There again, before they beat us 4-0 in SA I thought we would win. Their counter attacking is imperious.
I'm going to be brutally honest here, I genuinely thought England had some truly shocking players like Downing or Henderson, but they are like Messi, when compared to that left-back the Dutch have! Willems, who is utterly useless, has no tactical awareness and has the footballing talent of a walrus. The Dutch have 2 amazing players on the pitch in Robben and Sneijder, the 2 DMs are contributing nothing and not protecting the CBs, Affellay is very anonymous, and they've left Van de Vaart, Kuyt and Huntelaar on the bench. Plus Van Persie couldn't hit a barn door! Gomez is class though!
"has the footballing talent of a walrus" - hahahaha - made beer come out of my nose. Agree with all your points. I think, unless the Dutch get it spot-on it will be Germany 4-0.
Dutch the only team left to score in a goal in this competition, all 15 other teams have...damning stat!
Almost an unbelievable stat with RVP up front and Robben, Van Der Vaart, Sneijder and now Huntelaar on the pitch. If they don't hit the net then I can see this being 4-0 Germany.
You could have Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, Rooney and Hazard on that pitch, and they would still go on to lose that game since the dutch defence (4) and goalkeeper are THAT BAD! Got to feel sorry for Sneijder, he must be furious! He creates loads of chances in both games, and his teammates can't even hit the ball on target 80% of the time... @ the beer comment.
RVP finally decided to turn up at this tournament, they need 1 more goal or they are out, as I can see Portugal drawing/beating them in the next game
Would "clogg scuffers" also be okay I believe you can call Dutch sporting teams Holland but I really don't care enough to argue the point
Holland is like yankees in the US, It's part of the country. Yankees are from the North, and Holland is in the west of The Netherlands. It's like saying Welsh are English.
I know, but the equasion was made with yankees, so gotta stick with people Else we're getting apples and pears mixed up in the equasion. Anyways, we can rule out the Dutch. Or they have to win with a 3 goal advantage against the Portugese and Denmark musn't win of draw against Germany.
