The Tottenham midfielder admitted that the European journey was the Netherlands’ worst under the tutelage of Bert van Marwijk, but stressed that the coach should not be solely blamed for the unceremonious exit.
Rafael van der Vaart has confessed that Euro 2012 was the worst performance of Netherlands under the tutelage of Bert van Marwijk. However, the Tottenham Hotspur star has insisted that the 60-year-old tactician should not be solely
blamed for the Oranje’s disappointing exit from the competition.
The 2010 World Cup runners-up were pre-tournament favourites along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011. However, they failed to live up to the expectations and crashed out of the European Championship from the group stages after suffering three
successive defeats to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984.
Following their disappointing run in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032, the former Borussia Dortmund boss faced severe condemnation from the media, the players and the fans, leaving no choice whatsoever for the Dutch trainer but to leave his
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684.
Van Marwijk, whose contract ran until the end of Euro 2016, handed over his resignation to the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Royal-95-c40387 Dutch Football Association (KNVB) on June 27.
Van der Vaart, who has thus far donned the jersey of the Oranje in 99 matches, expressed his disappointment over the departure of the head coach, and stressed that they all enjoyed success under the leadership of the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Feyenoord-c39258
boss.
“I don't want to say too much about this, because of all the things that have been said and written in the past few days. The only thing I want to say about it is that we enjoyed successes together and made it into the World Cup
final [two years ago]”, the former Real Madrid midfielder was quoted as saying to De Telegraaf .
The midfield ace went on to stress that players are also responsible along with Van Marwijk for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753’ disappointing Euro 2012 campaign.
“Euro 2012 was rock-bottom, but we worked together just fine overall. The players are responsible for the results [at the European Championship], too. We had high expectations of the tournament, but things panned out differently”,
Van der Vaart concluded.
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