Com apenas 18 anos, feitos em março, o holandês Jetro Willems é o atleta mais novo convocado para o Euro 2012. O promissor lateral esquerdo do PSV foi uma das surpresas da lista de Bert van Marwijk, a par de Adam Maher, do AZ Alkmaar, e de Luciano Narsingh, do Heerenveen. Campeão da Europa de sub-17 em 2011, Willems chegou ao PSV no início da presente época, vindo do Sparta de Roterdão, e beneficiou da lesão do habitual dono da lateral esquerda do clube de Eindhoven e da selecção, Erik Pieters.

La selección Holandesa (Holanda la naranja mecánica) en la Eurocopa Polonia y Ucrania 2012 uniforme, estadísticas, historia,seleccionados y análisis. Los Países bajos, Netherlands.

Cuando se piensa en la Eurocopa de naciones la imagen que se viene a la mente del aficionado futbolero es el golazo de Marco Van Basten en la final de la Eurocopa de 1988, Gullit , Van Basten,Frank Rijkaard y compañía causaron sensación con el entrenador Rinus Michels y ganaron el único titulo de la naranja mecánica en su historia.

In attesa di scegliere i 23 definitivi, che saranno protagonisti a Euro 2012, il tecnico dell'Olanda, Bert van Marwijk, ha operato una prima cernita el gruppone iniziale e diffuso la lista dei 27 provvisori che sono stati chiamati a far parte del ritiro orange (parte oggi, ndr). Resta a casa, sorprendentemente, il rossonero Urby Emanuelson,Continua a leggere .

Right then, stupid pointless, irritating internationals are out of the way, now we can get back to the real thing.

So far there have been no reports of maimings, snappings, twistings or any other ings which might prove damaging to an Arsenal player's chances of playing on Saturday. Robin van Persie played 45 minutes against England, Bert van Marwijk saying that he'd spoken with the skipper and because he'd had a bit of a groin problem he agreed to only play him for a half.

My wishlist:

* Holland winning the Euro 2012, beating Germany in the finals ( with Afellay scoring)

* Bert van Marwijk succumbing for the lure of a 4 year deal at Chelsea

* Co Adriaanse taking the national team manager job

* Feyenoord winning the title in Holland

* Ajax winning the Europa League

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What ho Arsenal fans? After two weeks of wandering in the interlull desert, with only the horse flies that feast upon our vapid flesh for company, a light twinkles on the horizon. Norwich be thy name! I can almost feel that 9am train beer (is there a better kind of beer?) slinking seductively down my gullet and slaking the thirst.

We continue our Oranje analysis and will focus on our midfield now.

The Holding Block
Mark van Bommel & Nigel de Jong. It was the fixed due Bert van Marwijk deployed. No questions asked. But also no prisoners taken. The lock on the door of the somewhat feeble defence. Chances are these [read more]

This is the internationals wrap up thread. Try to contain your excitement.

We'll get back to Liverpool soon enough, as we're now more than halfway there, and for the most part it was a successful Friday for Liverpool's internationals. It was a complete success for us, though, as we didn't see anyone pick up an injury on the day.

Good Player Guide #17 Kevin Strootman is a post from: Just Football

Kevin Strootman
(PSV Eindhoven / Holland)

The town of Ridderkerk in the province of South Holland doesn't hold many claims to fame but the rise of one of their sons could put it on the map.

O Sorteio Preliminar da Copa do Mundo da FIFA Brasil 2014, que acontece no próximo sábado, no Rio de Janeiro, contará com a presença de representantes de 106 federações, incluídos aí 38 técnicos das seleções nacionais que disputam as eliminatórias.
Além do sorteio em si, que sera realizado na Marina da Glória, os membros das federações se reúnem no dia 29 para o Seminário para as Equipes que disputam as eliminatórias contentais.

Ibi Afellay was back in Endhoven for the friendly against Austria and he was there as a starter ( he got Van Marwijk's confidence when Robben got injured) and became a Barcelona player as well.

Bert van Marwijk compared Afellay with Zidane, a bit, when he said: "Every creative player wants [read more]

Bayern Munich will play Holland in a friendly next year to compensate the German champions for losing Arjen Robben to an injury aggravated during the World Cup in South Africa. The game will be played at Bayern's Allianz Arena on May 22, 2012

The Dutch football association (KNVB) and Bayern had been embroiled in a war of words for many months over Robben, with both sides pointing the finger of blame at the other for the former Chelsea and Real Madrid winger's injury problems.