Team Focus: Dutch Must Repeat Group Stage Gameplan to Defeat Argentina
by Andy Brassell
at martedì, lug 8 2014 14:24
First impressions last. That has certainly been the case for the Netherlands in this World Cup, and it is entirely understandable. The jaw-dropping 5-1 victory over Spain was less than four weeks ago, but already feels like it is part of the competition’s legend, given both its style and its c...
Player Focus: Rampaging Robben Leading the Dutch Charge in Brazil
by Ben McAleer
at lunedì, giu 30 2014 15:40
Match Focus: Key Components to Van Gaal's Gameplan vs Spain
by Martin Laurence
at venerdì, giu 13 2014 10:55
It's perhaps the glamour tie of the first round of fixtures - arguably the group stages as a whole - and on just the second day of the World Cup no less. Spain face Netherlands in a repeat of the 2010 final, with the Dutch looking to thwart the reigning champions in 90 minutes once more.In what will...
Team Focus: How Van Gaal's Holland Will Line Up this Summer
by Mohamed Moallim
at martedì, mag 27 2014 15:40
The loss of box-to-box midfielder Kevin Strootman forced Louis van Gaal to confront the orange elephant in the room ahead of this this summer's World Cup; a fragile defence and a squad limited by its youthfulness (inexperience, at the highest level, a by-product). Van Gaal arrived, in July 2012, wit...
WhoScored Tipster: International Betting Tips
by Tancredi Palmeri
at venerdì, ott 11 2013 15:10
There are many predictable results ahead of this weekend's international fixtures, with qualification for next summer's World Cup already having been achieved by a number of nations. This week we choose some safe bets in those matches, as well as daring to predict the outcome of a few crucial head-t...
Euro 2012 Focus: Missed Opportunities
by Martin Laurence
at lunedì, giu 18 2012 17:06
With the group stages soon coming to a close what lessons can be learned by the teams to have crashed out of the Euros so far? Well in the simplest possible form, and as if it needed to be said, taking your chances is imperative.The shock departures in Group A and B have seen Russia and the Netherla...
Euro 2012 Focus: Netherlands vs Germany
by Martin Laurence
at mercoledì, giu 13 2012 14:49
Tonight's massive game between the Netherlands and Germany hardly needed extra intensity but given the fact that the latter could dump Holland out of the tournament prematurely, it should be a real thriller. There is certainly no love lost between the two great European footballing nations and while...