Weiss: "Holland were better"
Monday, 28 June 2010
Slovak coach Vladimir
Weiss said Holland were the deserved winners of today's
round of 16 game against his team (2-1). "Over
the whole I believe they were the stronger side,"
Weiss said. "That is nothing to be ashamed of.
Still, we had chances to equalize. It's a shame we didn't
convert them."
Like most who saw
the game Weiss identified Arjen Robben as the biggest
difference between the two teams: "We were preparing
for three days for Robben, for his way of playing but
he is an absolute genius. He really knows what he is
doing. When I saw him in the line-up I knew he would
make the Dutch line-up 50 per cent stronger and I was
correct."
But he also said the
players travel home with their heads up high. "We
did well. The players have proven to have a great mentality.
The victory over Italy was of course the highlight."
Netherlands-Slovakia
2-1
Goals
| 18' A. Robben |
1-0 |
|
| 84' W. Sneijder |
2-0 |
|
|
2-1 |
90' R. Vittek |
Cards
32' A. Robben |
|
| |
40' J. Kucka |
| |
72' K. Kopunek |
| |
84' M. Skrtel |
| 90' + 2 M. Stekelenburg |
|
Lineups
| |
|
J. Mucha |
|
| G. van der Wiel |
|
J. Durica |
|
| J. Heitinga |
|
M. Skrtel |
|
| J. Mathijsen |
|
P. Pekarík |
|
| G. van Bronckhorst |
|
R. Zabavnik |
88' M. Jakubko |
| M. van Bommel |
|
J. Kucka |
|
| N. de Jong |
|
M. Hamsik |
87' M. Sapara |
| W. Sneijder |
90' I. Afellay |
V. Weiss |
|
| A. Robben |
71' E. Elia |
E. Jendrisek |
72' K. Kopunek |
| D. Kuyt |
|
M. Stoch |
|
| R. van Persie |
80' K. Huntelaar |
R. Vittek |
|
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