[Leica] Oranje!

[leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

Already before the tournament I had the feeling the Oranjes would do it very 
well this year, the same also for the Croatians. For the first time since 
quite long, the Netherlands were not specially mentioned before the 
tournament as as one of the main favourites - what took a lot of pressure 
off them. But now, the pressure is here again. After beating both the last 
world cup finalists with 3 goals advance, they're the top favourite now, 
"l'equipe a battre". 

Another concern - they're too good too early in the tournament. It never 
happens that a team plays 6 or 7 brilliant games in a row. Following my 
memories since the 1970 world cup, the winner was always a team that was 
able to grow up from game to game - with Holland there's not much space left 
for further improving, and a failure gets more and more possible from game 
to game. I sincerely hope for them, that they'll pull their "bad" game in 
thext, unimportant, group match against Romania, before the K.O. rounds 
begin. Nevertheless they have the players and the spirit to win the 
tournament; logically, this morning I had to buy an oranje shirt for my wife 
:-) ...

Btw I was at ITA-ROM yesterday evening, some pics later.

Didier




On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:52:05 +0200, Nathan <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote:
> Since Denmark did not qualify for Euro 2008, I am supporting the
> Netherlands. In their first two games, they have beaten 2006 World
> Cup winners (Italy, 3-0) and last night the 2006 World Cup runners-up
> (France, 4-1). Not bad :-)
> 
> I watched both games in a Dutch/Belgian bar near the beach. No
> pictures from last night yet, but here is one from Monday night:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#311708859_fHZVk-O-LB
> 
> And now I am heading off on a drive to Bath in England, so I will be
> quiet the next few days unless there is decent connectivity in the
> hotels where I will stay.
> 
> Nathan