It’s been a stormy day here in Holland. Literally: a rare summer storm sweeps across our nation today. Just as our Dutch soccer team swept the Latvians of the field: 3-0. But, as I mentioned before: this time it was not in our hands: if the Germans would win from the Tsjechs, we would loose anyway. But today the impossible became possible. Even though the Tsjechs played with, what is considered a complete B-team, they beat the Germans 2-1! It could not be closer than this. And to tell the truth, it was a nervewrecking match. As always the Germans […]
Our last shot at the title
Today is “our” last chance as a soccer nation to go for the title of European soccer Champion of 2004. After a 1:1 stand-off against our German “friends”, we played a good match against the Tjechs. Even though we started with a 2:0 advantage, we managed to loose the match 2-3. Mostly due to a very questionable player change from our Dutch coach “Dick” Advocaat. So today we need to win big from Letland if we want to proceed to the quarter finals. However, if the Germans win from the Tsjechs, we still loose because we won’t have enough points […]