Bert van Marwijk’s men failed to impress in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032, and the former Dutch stopper has insisted that the team never played as a single unit.
Johan Derksen has expressed his disappointment following Netherlands’ disastrous Euro 2012 exit from the group stages, and slammed several members of the Oranje squad for the failure.
Bert van Marwijk’s side started as pre-tournament favourites to achieve European glory. However, three defeats in a row against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 ended the Flying Dutchmen’s hopes of succeeding at European Championship in a disappointing manner,
as they crashed out of the competition from the group stages without claiming even a single point.
Derksen, who is currently working as a sports journalist at Voetbal International, has revealed that several players failed to put aside their egos that became one of the main reasons for the Oranje’s failure to impress in Poland and Ukraine.
“Van der Wiel was working on everything except football. He has his own clothing line and was working too long on it. From day one Van Persie and Afellay were not part of the group. Afellay is hated in the Dutch camp."
"He came across as ‘I play for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, who do you play for? Van Persie was behaving in the same way. Van Persie and Afellay were together for the whole tournament. Also, everyone was disturbed by Van Persie not talking to the press”, Derksen was quoted
as saying to Voetbal International.
The former Go Ahead Eagles defender, however, went on to heap praise on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-Sneijder-c36799, and admitted that the versatile midfielder was the only player in the Dutch squad who wanted to keep the side together.
“Sneijder wanted to take the lead, and wanted to get the team on their feet”, Derksen concluded.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belgium-c2850 in an international friendly fixture.
The Flying Dutchmen’s next test will be to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Turkey-c3026 at Amsterdam Arena on September 7.
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