The AS http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 glovesman was disillusioned to see the Oranje getting eliminated from the group stages of Euro 2012, and has insisted that alterations need to be made before the 2014 World Cup qualifiers commence.
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The Oranje were among the favourites along with Germany and Spain to progress through to the semi-finals. However, three defeats in a row forced them to crash out of the competition from the group stages.
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in their last Group B fixture proved to be the final nail in the Oranje’s coffin.
Following their disappointing exit from the European Championship, the Netherlands first-choice goalkeeper has insisted that the team needs major changes before the 2014 World Cup qualifiers commence, if they are to achieve glory
in future.
“It is hard to say what the problem was. It is the same generation of players that we had in South Africa two years ago, and we reached the final there. This time, nothing worked. There is just no way I can fathom it. Something
has got to change. I do not know what it is, but something has to”, Stekelenburg was quoted as saying to FIFA.com.
The Oranje enjoyed a 14-game unbeaten streak after suffering a 1-0 defeat at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757, and the former Ajax Amsterdam goalkeeper stressed that the Flying Dutchmen did
not make drastic changes to their game at Euros.
“The thing is we did not do anything radically different to what we had done before, and this is a team that had gone months and months without losing. That is why this so hard to take”, Stekelenburg concluded.
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