Holland-Italy: comments
Saturday 14 November 2009
No one was very pleased with Holland
and Italy's hapless 0-0 draw in Pescara, least of all
Robin van Persie.
The Dutch striker got kicked out
of the match after 10 minutes after a wild tackle by
Giorgio Chiellini.
Van Persie is expected to be out
for six weeks.
Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk most
of all praised his defense: "We stood our ground
very well defensively. Against this opponent that counts.
Normally we have the qualities to make a difference
up front in a game like this. But today we couldn't
and that's a petty. We had some trouble in the opening
minutes, but we were able to sort things out quickly.
All in all it was a poor game."
Rafael van der Vaart was honest
after Saturday's game: "It was boring. Both teams
were well organized and gave away few chances. That's
when get games like these. It's not very amusing, but
we'll see games like these during the World Cup as well."
Captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst
was most unhappy about Holland's offensive efforts:
"We played the long ball too often because there
was too little movement in the build up. Defensively
we were okay. We didn't play well, and to then not lose
against Italy is an achievement as well."
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