The former Barcelona legend has stressed that the Oranje have to learn from their mistakes against Denmark if they are to survive the ‘Group of Death’ at Euro 2012.
Johan Cruyff has urged http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032.
The Oranje commenced their European Championship voyage with a bitter 1-0 loss against Denmark at Metalist Kharkiv Stadium on June 9. The 2010 World Cup runners-up started the match brightly, and asserted their authority on the
pitch early on in the match.
Despite creating plenty of goal-scoring opportunities, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mark-van-Bommel-c24148 all failed to find the back of the net.
The Danish Dynamite took full advantage of the Flying Dutchmen’s missed chances, and took the lead in the 24th minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Krohn-Dehli-c25321.
The 29-year-old forward picked up possession just outside the penalty area, and raced towards the goal, skipping past his marker before drilling a low effort between the legs of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maarten-Stekelenburg-c22998, the Oranje goalkeeper, into
the back of the net.
After going a goal down, the Flying Dutchmen played aggressively, and put immense pressure on the Danes’ back-line. However, they failed to find the target in the remaining action of the match, and the Danish Dynamite claimed a
surprising 1-0 win at the full time whistle.
Cruyff, who netted 33 goals in 44 matches while donning the jersey of Netherlands before hanging up his boots in 1977, has insisted that Bert van Marwijk’s side will have to improve rapidly.
“Netherlands have to improve rapidly. Oranje have to learn from their mistakes against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884. The profligacy in front of the goal wasn't the biggest problem. What's worrying is that Oranje struggled when it mattered most, as
Mark van Bommel and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 legend stated in his column for De Telegraaf.
The Dutchman went on to stress that the Oranje’s strategy must be changed before their next encounter against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 if they have any ambition of progressing through to the next phase of the competition.
“The team was divided into two blocks, and that must change immediately. There was so much space between the two blocks that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-Sneijder-c36799 had to drop deep. He then had to make long runs forward again to support the attackers.
That's exhausting for Sneijder”, Cruyff concluded.
Netherlands will take on Germany in a must win game on Wednesday, June 13.
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