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"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."

From:
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
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Sparta Rotterdam - Heracles Almelo

Sunday 22 March 2009

Score

  1 - 0  

Goals

E. Duplan 49' 1-0

Cards

  M. Looms 15'
  M. Looms 46'
  J. Wuytens 47'
  B. Maertens 58'
K. Touzani 61'  
D. Slijngard 89'  
  B. Maertens 93'

Lineups

A. Slot 46' N. Rutjes   Q. Shayesteh 80' D. Douglas
R. Poepon   W. Overtoom 67' V. Schulmeister
K. Vermes   Ymmi Boakye  
K. Touzani 65' D. Adeleye   M. Looms  
K. Strootman   P. John  
J. Promes   M. Pieckenhagen  
J. John 79' J. Godee   M. Fledderus  
E. Falkenburg   K. Quansah  
E. Duplan   J. Wuytens  
D. Slijngard   B. Maertens  
Cássio   Everton 61' B. Dost


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