Holland vs France Euro Group C [R]

[Crimen y Castigo]

After the shockingly negative football that was employed by the Greeks last time around, it would be great to see positivity and attacking football awarded this year. Here's to a Portugal v Holland final.

Or at the very least a replay of the POR/NED hilarity from German '06.

[benztown]

MAkelele lucky to only get yellow...

[Suyuntuy]

Or at the very least a replay of the POR/NED hilarity from German '06.
Enthusiasm and an attacking mentality is good, but too much of it and see what you get!

[adri]

Maka smacks VdV across the jaw in a jostle. YC

[Crimen y Castigo]

van der vaart falls victim to Makelele's super stealth Vulcan neck pinch.

[Suyuntuy]

Typical. All shots straight to the hands of Van der Saar. Dieu nous hait.

[Crimen y Castigo]

Props to the poster who said Ribery et. al. would try to be solo heroes...

[footyfan1]

Maka smacks VdV across the jaw in a josstle. YC

And vdV stayed down like he's never been sucker-punched before. ;)

[adri]

france with good build up play but fluffing the final ball too often.

Holland have gone from possession play to just sitting on the ball.

[Suyuntuy]

It's called "The Brazil '66 Syndrome," when each player is individually so proficient with the ball, they just cannot play as a team.

There is such a thing as too much.

[Crimen y Castigo]

Damn, the dutch respond to the counter in numbers. Great defensive tracking by the whole squad.

[Kazuma]

Thing is, Holland's defense is crap. But obviously they're responding in numbers like someone else said.

So many chances. So many chances.

[ReMad]

Makelele slaps van der Vart on the Face 33'
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Dangerous Attacks for France 36'
Click Here for Video (http://www.d1g.com/video/show/?id=2048043)

[unclesox]

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080613/i/r1713377270.jpg

Halftime

Netherlands 1:0 France
1:0 - Kuyt 9'

[adri]

Thing is, Holland's defense is crap. But obviously they're responding in numbers like someone else said.

So many chances. So many chances.
perhaps better to say the defenders are crap. the D as a collective is actually quite good. but no one would say Ooijer or Mathijsen are top ten in the're positions.

[ToBeAGooner]

Makelele is playing like a dirty c--t. He should be on edge, the second yellow has to be on its way soon.

[ReMad]

Wide Shot to the Right by Henry 42'
Click Here for Video (http://www.d1g.com/video/show/?id=2048049)

[Crimen y Castigo]

I'm totally biased as an Italy supporter, but do other folks think that first half [ITA/ROU] was much better than this one?

[footyfan1]

Makelele is playing like a dirty c--t. He should be on edge, the second yellow has to be on its way soon.

Totally agree. I thought he played that way against Romania too.

[Pit-182]

Congrats to the dutch. What an awesome team and what an awesome coach.

But I really hope they don't let Romania win the next match