"The intellectualisation
of football has
always foundered
on a simple problem-
-the players. Doing
all your most
rewarding thinking
with your feet seems
to dull the philo-
sophical impulse.
Unless, of course,
you are Dutch.
According to legend,
Europeans played
a moronic, muscular
version of the world's
game, until Holland
proclaimed its vision
of total football in the
1974 World Cup,
and enlightenment
dawned."
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After
the victory over San Marino on Friday Holland
have won their second Group E game in the qualification
campaign for the 2012 European Championships in
Poland & Ukraine as well. Tonight they beat
Finland 2-1 in Rotterdam. The victory was far
from convincing though. The team of Bert van Marwijk
took a 2-0 lead within a quarter of an hour, but
then the party was over. Finland pulled one back
and Holland were then very fortunate that the
visitors didn't score a second.