Van Marwijk knows who he will drop

26 May 2010

Holland manager Bert van Marwijk was reasonably happy about the performance of his side in the first half of the friendly game against Mexico. "We started very well and had seven or eight good chances. We should have scored more than two from those. After the break we didn't play so well, but that had a lot to do with wet condition of the pitch. But it also seemed as if some players were tired. That's possible as we trained very hard this week."

Van Marwijks was happy with the performance of Ibrahim Afellay, who, together with Van Persie and Van der Vaart, was key to Holland's good performance in the first half. „Afellay has been doing well all week," Van Marwijk said. "But he was also one of the players who were having difficulties in the second half."

Robin van Persie also got a compliment from Van Marwijk: "He played very well. Towards the end his hamstring was bothering him a bit, so I took him off."

Van Marwijk said he knows which players will be dropped from the squad. "But I will tell these guys first. The press will be informed tomorrow at 17h00.

For Ron Vlaar and Orlando Engelaar it seems certain they will be among the four to leave the squad tomorrow. Ryan Babel and Edson Braafheid will most likely have to worry as well.

Goals

Cards

	G. Dos Santos67'
	H. Moreno79'
	I. Castro89'

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