The Manchester City midfielder has admitted that Netherlands’ both defeats in their Euro 2012 campaign hurt them a lot, and insisted that his side has been a bit unfortunate.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nigel-de-Jong-c27882 has admitted that Netherlands’ consecutive defeats at Euro 2012 against Denmark and Germany have hurt everyone while insisting that the Oranje have been a little unfortunate.
The Oranje were stunned by Denmark in their European Championship opener, when the Danes claimed a 1-0 victory over one of the tournament favourites on June 9. Four days later, Germany cruised to a 2-1 win over the Flying Dutchmen.
“Arguably the Euros have been a little unfortunate, but we can't expect much when we miss so many chances. There is a great rivalry with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884 also hurt a lot, in both cases the situation
is the same”, De Jong was quoted as saying to Goal.com.
The 2010 World Cup runners-up commenced proceedings against Die Mannschaft in Kharkiv brightly, and created early goal-scoring opportunities. However, Robin van Persie and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ibrahim-Afellay-c16547 both failed to find the back of the net.
Despite struggling to find their feet early on, the Germans took the lead in the 24th minute through Mario Gomez. After taking the lead, they started to stage an exciting brand of football, and doubled their advantage seven minutes before the
half-time interval when Gomez found the net yet again.
The Oranje resumed proceedings a bit better in the second-half, but failed to threaten Die Mannschaft’s back-line until the 73rd minute, when Van Persie pulled a goal back. However, they failed to score the equaliser in the remaining action, and
the Germans emerge victorious 2-1 at the end.
“We started the game well, the first 20 minutes were very good, but we collapsed after the goal. I do not know what it was. In the second half, having Rafael van der Vaart on the pitch was important, because we link well in midfield and that helped us catch
up with a goal from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380, but in the end we fell short, and we lost deservedly”, De Jong concluded.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 in a must-win tie on June 17.
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