no, im not exaggerating. it really matters on preference. do you prefer a player who is not creative, cannot create for himself, cannot hold up the ball well, but can finish very well when put into a dangerous chance; or do you prefer someone who can perform the duties of the dutch #9, but may not be as lethal. also his role at man u is different. he is asked to touch the ball for a sec and make a square or back pass. he cant hold the ball well. he is a poacher. this is not what kluivert was (im not gonna argue for kluivert anymore ) i rather see cole slaw than see nothing. goal kuijt!
mitea and mutu with some nice work, but stoica scuffs the shot from 20M 50' mutu sees yellow for what seems like yapping at the ref
lucius with a big tackle to stop pancu from dribbling into the area robben quickly wins a CK at the other end, he'll take... kuijt knocks down, but opdam can't get his half volley on target 54' van persie warming up
Romanians are really going to have to open things up, I see another Oranje goal in the near future . . .
Could also be put: Ruud nicely wins a header against Chivu, then with his dangerous dribbling ability, attacks Chivu, and trips himself and ends up on the ground without the ball.
either way, lol a quick check shows this is in fact de jong's second ORANJE game in MF, the other being his debut against france VDS with a good save on mutu's drive 59'
kuijt trips up stoica after a good run to the center, pancu over it from about 25M slightly left... nicelescu sends in a dipper that VDS smothers