Netherlands Prime Minister has given his full support to Bert van Marwijk’s men despite their 1-0 loss to the Danes in their opening Euro 2012 tie, and has expressed optimism regarding the Oranje’s chances.
Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, is optimistic regarding the Oranje’s chances of progressing through to the next phase of Euro 2012 in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 despite suffering a shocking 1-0 defeat to Denmark in their opening
match.
The Danish Dynamite secured a 1-0 upset win over the 2010 World runners-up at Metalist Kharkiv Stadium on June 9. The Oranje commenced proceedings brightly and put immense pressure on the Danes’ back-line early in the opening phase
of the match.
However, the Danish Dynamite took the lead in the 24th minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Krohn-Dehli-c25321. The Brondby attacker picked up possession at the edge of the penalty area, before skipping past his marker to fire his low effort
between the legs of the Oranje goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maarten-Stekelenburg-c22998, into the back of the net.
After going 1-0 down, the Flying Dutchmen tried to crawl their way back into the match. However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Klaas-Jan-Huntelaar-c21175 all failed to hit the target in the remaining action, as the game ended
in a 1-0 win in favour of the Red and Whites.
Rutte, who was nominated as the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 Prime Minister in October 2010, was disappointed with loss. However, the 45-year-old politician expressed optimism regarding his national football team’s chances at European Championship.
“I still think that Netherlands are a strong side. Despite the defeat against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Denmark-c2884, there were things that did go well, for example, we created a lot of chances to score”, Rutte was quoted as saying in a Dutch television programme.
The Dutchman was all praise for Wesley Sneijder’s performance, and confessed that he is a huge fan of the Dutch midfielder.
“I am a huge fan of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 and works hard”, Rutte concluded.
Netherlands will lock horns against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 in their second group stage game at Metalist Kharkiv Stadium on June 13.
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