The former Borussia Dortmund and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Feyenoord-c39258 Rotterdam coach has decided on which players to be dropped from the European championship provisional squad.
Netherlands head coach, Bert van Marwijk, has revealed that he is ready to announce his final squad that will compete at Euro 2012 in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032.
The 60-year-old tactician, who was appointed the Oranje’s manager in 2008, managed to lead his side to the final of World Cup 2010, though, his troops failed to lift the trophy, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 emerged victorious 1-0.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar player, however, is brimming with confidence to become European champions, and has now revealed that he will be announcing the final squad for the competition.
“I have pretty much made up my mind as to which players will be dropped from the squad”, Van Marwijk was quoted as saying to Voetbal International.
The Flying Dutchman will battle against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arjen-Robben-c6521 would
be playing in the match.
“Robben will play on Saturday if he is fit”, Van Marwijk added,
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ibrahim-Afellay-c16547, who managed to make it into the provisional squad for Euro 2012 despite his lack of playing time at Camp Nou, is expected to be the part of Van Marwijk’s final squad.
“I hear from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 that Afellay is very fit and doing well. The only thing he lacks is match practice”, Van Marwijk added.
In a recent exhibition match, Bayern Munich defeated the World Cup 2010 runners-up 3-2 at Allianz Arena. Despite the defeat, one positive aspect of the match was the performance of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven’s Jetro Willems, who put in a rock
solid performance at the left-back position.
Van Marwijk was all praise for the youngster and revealed that he did an excellent http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684.
“I think he stood up to it extremely well”, the Dutch trainer concluded.
After their encounter against Bulgaria on Saturday, the Oranje will play http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Northern-Ireland-c2972 on June 2.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884 on June 9.
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