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Sneijder starts on the bench
Saturday 28 March 2009
There is no place for Wesley Sneijder
in the starting lineup of the Dutch national football
team for the match against Scotland tonight.
His place will be taken by his
team mate at Real Madrid Arjen Robben.
With Kuyt and Robben in a line
of three behind striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Van Marwijk
has opted to field players on the positions where they
play for their clubs.
Gregory van der Wiel will start
as right-back.
The lineup:
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Stekelenburg
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Van der Wiel
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Ooijer
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Mathijsen
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Van Bronckhorst
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Van Bommel
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De Jong
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Kuyt
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Van Persie
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Robben
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Huntelaar
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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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