Netherlands head coach has urged his troops to put in their 100 percent in their final Euro 2012 group stage tie, and has admitted that it will be a fierce game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paulo-c29431 Bento’s men.
Netherlands head coach, Bert van Marwijk, has urged his side to stage an exciting brand of football in their final Euro 2012 Group B encounter against Portugal. The two sides will meet at Metalist Kharkiv Stadium on Sunday, June 17.
The Oranje were tipped as one of the favourite sides to achieve European glory in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 this summer at the start of the competition.
However, the 2010 World Cup runners-up have surprisingly deceived their fans with poor showings in their first two Group B fixtures against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904. The Flying Dutchmen suffered a shocking 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Danes on June 9 while
they went on to lose 2-1 to the Germans four days later, leaving them on the brink of elimination from the competition.
Nonetheless, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 still have a slim chance of making progression to the quarter-finals of the European Championship if they manage to beat Portugal by at least two-goal margin while Die Mannschaft claim a win over the Danish Dynamite.
“A competition like this with one game left is very different to a league season. We know we have to win 2-0 so the tactics that we choose will be based on that”, the former Borussia Dortmund boss was quoted as saying to the media.
The Oranje and A Seleccao have staged very ill-disciplined shows in the recent years, with their 2006 World Cup round-of-16 clash seeing eight yellow and four red cards.
The 60-year-old tactician expects another fierce clash on Sunday against Paulo Bento’s men, and knows that his side will have to perform at their best if they are to emerge victorious at the end.
“It’s going to be a very hectic game. We’ve seen lots of yellow and red cards in matches against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 in the past. We need to be disciplined. I’ve told that to the players, but they know that already”, Van Marwijk concluded.
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