The Bayern Munich star is of the view that the Oranje have the quality to make an impact at the European Championship in Poland and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arjen-Robben-c6521 has expressed confidence that Netherlands have the quality to make an impact at Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine this summer.
The Oranje have failed to win any silverware since their European Championship triumph in 1988. They came closest in the 2010 World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 in the final.
However, the Bayern Munich winger is of the view that the Oranje can stun every opposition in the upcoming competition this summer to go all the way to lift the trophy. However, he has admitted that their preparations for the tournament
thus far have been far from pleasing.
The Oranje lost their first friendly against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bulgaria-c2861 2-1 four days after their 3-2 defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich in an exhibition match. However, the 2010 World Cup runners-up managed to claim back-to-back victories against
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Northern-Ireland-c2972, 2-0 and 6-0 respectively.
“At first sight, we don't seem to be as well prepared as two years ago ahead of the World Cup. However, we're clearly making progress now that everybody's joined up with team”, Robben was quoted as saying to the media.
The highly-rated attacker, who is regarded as one of the best wingers around the globe, went on to insist that the Flying Dutchmen’s time has come to succeed.
“I believe that we have the quality to make an impact at the Euros. We have a lot of players who are at their peak at the age of 27, 28, 29. The time has come to reap the rewards of our work from the past few years”, Robben concluded.
Netherland have been drawn in the Group B along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984. They will kick-off their European Championship campaign against the Danish Dynamite at Metalist Kharkiv on June 9.
Robben is confident that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983 and Ukraine to be crowned European champions at the end.
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