Van Persie: "Some excellent stretches"

26 May 2010

Robin van Persie underlined his ambition to be Holland's center forward during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa today with two goals in a friendly against Mexico (2-1).

"In some stretches of the game we played excellent," a happy van Persie said afterwards. The Arsenal forward scored from assists of Rafael van der Vaart and Ibrahim Afellay. "Both assists were world class. Then it's not so hard for me to score."

Van Persie, who was out with an ankle injury for five months during the past season, seems to be approaching his top form. "It's going very well, although I can still feel the intense training sessions. But that's good, it's how you progress. Next week we'll push it a bit further."

John Heitinga left the pitch with a painful cheek, a souvenir from a collision with Alberto Medina. "We banged our heads together, but that's part of the game," said the defender, who was happy about Holland's first half. "We played well then and made a number of chances."

"After the break we perhaps got a bit tired. Mexico were the better team then and after they pulled one back it even got very close."

The former Ajax-player is confident about the World Cup. "There will be a few more friendlies and some intense training, but we're ready."

Goals

Cards

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

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