Other international teams

Discussion in 'The Netherlands' started by wilson00, Mar 22, 2019.

  1. Orange14

    Orange14 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 27, 2007
    Bethesda, MD
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    More a case of poor coaching by Flick
     
  2. Belgian guy

    Belgian guy Member+

    Club Brugge
    Belgium
    Aug 19, 2002
    Belgium
    Club:
    Club Brugge KV
    At the time of that semi-final, I think only Varane had won a CL of the French players, so by your logic they wouldn't have had the pedigree to win a world cup either.
     
  3. Blondo

    Blondo Member+

    Sep 21, 2013
    TBF Belgium and Germany don't play each other all that often (26 games in total; most of them eons ago; only 5 in the last 3 decades). To compare Belgium have played 129 derbies of the Low Countries and 75 games against France (that rivalry is called "le match sympa", usually to be a bit ironic). The H2H against France even favours Belgium.

    Have to hand it to the Germans, they kept at it for 95 minutes; really good intensity; couldn't tell that it was in fact a friendly. Maybe if Belgium had scored some of those big chances early on the game would have calmed down but after Can was introduced the Germans showed more aggression. The first half hour the Germans got completely and utterly played off the mat by a very young Belgium side; basically Belgium's U21 team saw out the game. In one window Tedesco brought a lot of the excitement back that had been waning since that mouth-watering display in the World Cup in Russia (which should have been held in the Netherlands and Belgium, as the only bid not to stoop to corruption/bribery according to the Garcia report).
     
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  4. If Benfica is buying all the Eredivisie players papers in Portugal are linking them to, they're gonna spend close to 200 million.
    I doubt they can do that.
     
  5. Brilliant Oranje

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Mar 4, 2023
    Amsterdam and Marbella
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    #406 Brilliant Oranje, Sep 10, 2023
    Last edited: Sep 10, 2023
  6. Brilliant Oranje

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Mar 4, 2023
    Amsterdam and Marbella
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    Flick is gone

     
  7. Dage

    Dage Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 4, 2008
    Berlin
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    It's fine, there is only one Tante Käthe. ;)
     
  8. Brilliant Oranje

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Mar 4, 2023
    Amsterdam and Marbella
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
  9. bunbohue

    bunbohue Member

    Apr 5, 2005
    Nagelsmann is the favorite choice. I don't see Louis or Zidane there as there are other German coaches as well.
     
  10. bunbohue

    bunbohue Member

    Apr 5, 2005
  11. Dage

    Dage Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jun 4, 2008
    Berlin
    Club:
    Borussia Mönchengladbach
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
  12. Heads would explode, both in the Netherlands and in Germany.








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  13. Orange14

    Orange14 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 27, 2007
    Bethesda, MD
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    Best choice is for Rudi Voller to stay on and bring in Frank Rijkaard as his #2!!:ROFLMAO:
     
  14. That would be the spitting image of a successfull combo:ROFLMAO:
     
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  15. Blondo

    Blondo Member+

    Sep 21, 2013
    Still one of the best songs ever about Oranje and Robben:

     
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  16. Actually the Dutch loved it, people even wanted to adopt her:ROFLMAO:
     
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  17. Brilliant Oranje

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Mar 4, 2023
    Amsterdam and Marbella
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    I get it that you're still sore about your prediction that Belgium would win the 2020 Euro.

    Maybe better luck next time??
     
  18. Blondo

    Blondo Member+

    Sep 21, 2013
    Lighthearted stuff really isn't your thing, is it.
    splashhaha.jpg
     
  19. Brilliant Oranje

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Mar 4, 2023
    Amsterdam and Marbella
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    You have a history of trolling our forum.

    So let me ask you lightheartedly, what happened to your prediction of Belgium winning Euro2020?? :D
     
  20. Belgian guy

    Belgian guy Member+

    Club Brugge
    Belgium
    Aug 19, 2002
    Belgium
    Club:
    Club Brugge KV
    Why would anyone believe we had a chance at that tournament? Hazard was already badly in decline. KDB just came back from a CL final injury. Our defense was old as ******** and way over the hill already.
    Ironically Italy was our only decent game at that tournament (and we lost). Largely because Martinez finally benched Hazard for Doku.
     
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  21. Brilliant Oranje

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Mar 4, 2023
    Amsterdam and Marbella
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    Qualifying has become a joke.
    CONMEBOL could have 7 out of 10 teams make 2026 world cup.

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  22. aerez

    aerez Member+

    River Plate
    Argentina
    Jul 8, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    These extra spots are dumb by Fifa, but now there's a higher chance a European team get knocked out by a worse ranked team from CONMEBOL. There's always that possibility in the future now.
     
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  23. Brilliant Oranje

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Mar 4, 2023
    Amsterdam and Marbella
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    CONCACAF for this coming world cup will be even worse.
    All top 6 teams will qualify: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONCACAF)
     
  24. Loco

    Loco Member+

    River Plate
    Argentina
    May 1, 2005
    Miami
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina
    This is correct.

    For years, it felt like CONMEBOL was underrepresented but this is not an overcorrection. The added teams did not come from other continents, all organizations (CONMEBOL, UEFA, CAF, Africa and Oceana) got more teams. At least, that's what I think happened.

    So, even if this is an overcorrection, its not really, because a bunch of sh#t teams are going to qualify since the tournament went from 32 teams to 48 - those 14 extra teams have to come from somewhere. Even in UEFA you're going to see teams like traditionally borderline teams like Norway, Finland, Italy make the tournament all the time.

    Still, most of these teams will get thru the group stage.

    (Italy)
     

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