Tag: Holland

Tottenham Hotspur news: January 2013 transfer rumours

| December 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

Tottenham Hotspurs, under Andre-Villas Boas, have been doing fairly decently this season. The London outfit is currently third in the premier league points table and has also reached the round of 32 in the UEFA Europa league. Villas-Boas has announced that he is quite happy with his squad and would not be entering the transfer market [...]

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Euro 2012 Quarter-final Preview: Germany Vs Greece

| June 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

Germany will be overwhelming favourites to cement their place in the semi-finals, when they take on Greece in the second quarter-finals of Euro 2012 at Gdansk on Friday, June 22nd. Greece who sneaked through to the last eight stage will be hit badly by the absence of Giorgos Karagounis who scored the match winner in [...]

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Euro 2012 Quarterfinal Preview: Czech Republic Vs Portugal

| June 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

Warsaw will be the venue of the first quarterfinal of Euro 2012, on Thursday, June 21, when Czech Republic face Portugal. The two teams have had some memorable encounters in the competition; they last met in Euro 2008, when Portugal  hammered their East European rivals, 3-1. Twelve years earlier, the teams clashed in the quarter-finals [...]

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Euro 2012 Preview: Germany Vs Denmark

| June 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

Germany are on the verge of qualifying from Group B, needing just one point when they face Denmark on Sunday, June 17, 2012. Germany have been the dominant team of the group of death prevailing over tough opponents in Portugal and Holland in their two games so far. Considered at the start of the competition [...]

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Euro 2012 Preview: Holland Vs Portugal

| June 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

Holland face Portugal on Sunday, at Kharkiv, in what will be their last game in Group B and one or both teams could bid goodbye to the competition depending on the result of the Group B game between Germany and Denmark. If Germany were to win that game, Holland could still qualify by beating Portugal [...]

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Euro 2012 Preview: Germany Vs Holland

| June 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

Germany and Holland face off at Kharkiv on Wednesday, June 13, in what is a must-win for Holland. The Dutch are coming off a wasteful 1-0 loss against Denmark, after they felled to convert infinite scoring opportunities in a match in which they had ball possession for the most part. Germany, by contrast, scraped out [...]

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Euro 2012 Preview: Denmark Vs Portugal

| June 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

After their shock win over Holland in their Group B opener, Denmark will take on Portugal on Wednesday, June 13, in what could be a thrilling game, with Portugal in particular likely to go all out for a win. Portugal slumped to a loss against Germany and they will want to redeem themselves against a [...]

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Euro 2012 Preview: Germany Vs Portugal

| June 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

In one of the most looked forward to group matches of Euro 2012, Germany face off against eternal under-achievers Portugal, on Saturday, June 9, 2012. Not for nothing is Group B known as the ‘group of death’, with the Netherlands and Denmark (the Euro 92 champs) the other teams in the fray. Every team is [...]

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Euro 2012 Preview: Holland Vs Denmark

| June 7, 2012 | 0 Comments

Netherlands and Denmark meet in a group of death clash on Saturday, June 9, 2012, in a match that the Dutch are favoured to win. The world cup runners up pack too many guns for their Western European neighbours and that was reflected in the form they displayed in the Euro qualifiers. However, Holland will [...]

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Euro 2012 Team Profile: Netherlands

| June 6, 2012 | 0 Comments
Euro 2012 Team Profile: Netherlands

The Netherlands is one of the most sophisticated and complete football teams around the world. Their head coach, Bert van Marwijk has worked day and night to mould this team into worthy contenders for the coveted championship. They team is not only adept in playing an adventurous style of football but can also play a [...]

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