Holland vs France Euro Group C [R]

[timotheus]

Henry scores!!

one of the most awesome goals...

wait a minute... (or 20 secs)

roben scores!!! 3:1 for the dutch!

THIS EURO IS NOW OFFICIALLY AWESOME!!!!!

[fanOfBayern]

Superb skill from Nistelrooy to set it up!! Robben was lighting fast. unreal!!!
Team of the tournament so far without any doubt.

[footyfan1]

France isn't going away! I think this Group has more than lived up to its billing tonight!! :D

[timotheus]

soooooo


in what way will the dutch crash out of the tourney in later stages?

they should be clear favorites after this


or is france this poor?

[footyfan1]

Henry scores!!

one of the most awesome goals...

wait a minute... (or 20 secs)

roben scores!!! 3:1 for the dutch!

THIS EURO IS NOW OFFICIALLY AWESOME!!!!!


You got that right!! :D

[1shot1kill]

Hehe the dutch fans are singing "we are going to Vienna" already...

[Crimen y Castigo]

Seriously ... the brilliance of that goal is just hard digest.

I thought Robben could have been the best player in the world when he first signed for Chelsea. Then he got hurt in their pre-season tour and was hot and cold ever since.

That was the Robben I thought would dominate football a few years ago.

[Suyuntuy]

Anelka. Now France is going to show those Dutch!

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[Lusankya]

********ing great!
Now Netherlands just needs to lose to Romania and everything is fine. :)

[footyfan1]

soooooo


in what way will the dutch crash out of the tourney in later stages?

they should be clear favorites after this


or is france this poor?

If you could write "France" and "poor" in the same sentence, something is wrong.

[adri]

France isn't going away! I think this Group has more than lived up to its billing tonight!! :D
yup, great game all around.

group of death/group of class footy.

[timotheus]

the french guy with big hair?

gomis?

he sucky sucky.

guess hair gets in his eyes...

[Tetsuo]

As an Italy supporter, I was hoping for a France win.

As a football supporter, it's impossible not to root for the football Holland are playing.

As both, I'm hoping even a non-full-strength Dutch side can produce a win against Romania.

well it could be. if i'm not mistaking the czech (already qualified) beat the dutch 3-2 with many reserves. but if the dutch win tonight they will have 1st place no matter what. so i can hope they will take it easy with romania :D

[glennaldo_sf]

LOL! Wonder if France are wishing they had Barthez back now.

[tomwilhelm]

France and Italy on 1 point going into the final match of the group. Amazing...

[footyfan1]

LOL! Wonder if France are wishing they had Barthez back now.

Nah. He would have gifted the Dutch two more already!!

[Lusankya]

Well Holland was dominating in 2000, too. We all know what happend to them.
;)

[Crimen y Castigo]

LOL! Wonder if France are wishing they had Barthez back now.

I'd say yes -- so they'd have someone to blame other than their vaunted "offense."

[1shot1kill]

well it could be. if i'm not mistaking the czech (already qualified) beat the dutch 3-2 with many reserves. but if the dutch win tonight they will have 1st place no matter what. so i can hope they will take it easy with romania :D


In 2004 they beat the dutch with their main squad, then went on to beat Germany with their B team, which allowed the Dutch to continue from their group too and send Germany home.

[glennaldo_sf]

As an Italy supporter, I was hoping for a France win.

As a football supporter, it's impossible not to root for the football Holland are playing.

As both, I'm hoping even a non-full-strength Dutch side can produce a win against Romania.

Another consideration to make.. I've posted this elsewhere... remember Holland, if they win their quarterfinal will meet the D1 v C2 quarterfinal winner. No disrespect to Romania, but I could see the Dutch preferring them over a Italy or France rematch. I could very easily see the Dutch tactfully 'taking it easy' vs Romania to ensure that both the other group C giants are eliminated.

Just a thought.... ;)