Don't see a reason to have write ups, since no-one ever reads them.
France - Italy 1:2 (Italian first win) High possibility of 1:1 as well, since out of last three matches, two were draws and 1 was won by France (3-1). William Gallas did miss weekend practices, so the defense might be a bit shaken up, but looks like he is playing. Italian squad is fully fit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Romania has Mirel Radoi injured, and Dorin Goian with a red card. Defense is fairly volatile. Bookies are retarded, giving these odds for Netherlands, and are trying to throw off betting. I see this game at 0:2 Netherlands, and Romania winning ONLY if they score first.
Don't see a reason to have write ups, since no-one ever reads them.
France - Italy 1:2 (Italian first win) High possibility of 1:1 as well, since out of last three matches, two were draws and 1 was won by France (3-1). William Gallas did miss weekend practices, so the defense might be a bit shaken up, but looks like he is playing. Italian squad is fully fit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Romania has Mirel Radoi injured, and Dorin Goian with a red card. Defense is fairly volatile. Bookies are retarded, giving these odds for Netherlands, and are trying to throw off betting. I see this game at 0:2 Netherlands, and Romania winning ONLY if they score first.
Romania (+130) is my play here. They have shown the ability to play at a high level against two very talented squads(France,Italy). Romania has played a solid defensive game thus far, not trying to do too much, defence first and counter attacking. I don't expect much to change. If the Romanians score the first goal, then expect them to play extremely defensive minded.
Dutch will be resting some players, and basically will be playing their B team. I am not certain as to which players are going to sit as of now, but i would assume that at least four starters will be rested. They have looked phenominal in the first two games, but this will be a different Dutch team, one that doesn't have the same chemistry as the normal line-up. You can hide one or two new starters in a team. But when the team is incorporating four or five new starters into a well oiled machine, there will be chemistry problems. And i assume Van Nistelrooy and Sneijder will be rested, if this does occur, then that will be a big blow to what the Dutch want to do. The offence basically revolves around those two. I have heard internet reports that Robben will start, but i doubt that he will finish. I also doubt that they risk a second yellow card with Oijer, and De Jong aswell. We're looking at at least four different starters, probably more.
These two teams played each other twice in qualifying, Romania won 1-0 at home, and the game in Holland was a 0-0 draw. Romania finished in first place in qualifying, Dutch were second.
Romania (+130) is my play here. They have shown the ability to play at a high level against two very talented squads(France,Italy). Romania has played a solid defensive game thus far, not trying to do too much, defence first and counter attacking. I don't expect much to change. If the Romanians score the first goal, then expect them to play extremely defensive minded.
Dutch will be resting some players, and basically will be playing their B team. I am not certain as to which players are going to sit as of now, but i would assume that at least four starters will be rested. They have looked phenominal in the first two games, but this will be a different Dutch team, one that doesn't have the same chemistry as the normal line-up. You can hide one or two new starters in a team. But when the team is incorporating four or five new starters into a well oiled machine, there will be chemistry problems. And i assume Van Nistelrooy and Sneijder will be rested, if this does occur, then that will be a big blow to what the Dutch want to do. The offence basically revolves around those two. I have heard internet reports that Robben will start, but i doubt that he will finish. I also doubt that they risk a second yellow card with Oijer, and De Jong aswell. We're looking at at least four different starters, probably more.
These two teams played each other twice in qualifying, Romania won 1-0 at home, and the game in Holland was a 0-0 draw. Romania finished in first place in qualifying, Dutch were second.
The players do not
have any trouble with yellow cards. Ooijer will be replaced with John
Heitinga or Bouma at the half. Nigel De Jong can easily be replaced
with Afellay. With regards to strikers, even if van Persie and Robben start, they did great in the qualifying matches.
With regards to Romania winning,
that was their only win against Netherlands in the past 10-20 games
that were held. But now take into consideration World Cup qualifying,
where Netherlands won Romania 2-0 at home and away.
How did you figure that main players will be rested and will not start? They
will play for one full half, and only than be rested. This should be more than enough to
settle Romania.
The players do not
have any trouble with yellow cards. Ooijer will be replaced with John
Heitinga or Bouma at the half. Nigel De Jong can easily be replaced
with Afellay. With regards to strikers, even if van Persie and Robben start, they did great in the qualifying matches.
With regards to Romania winning,
that was their only win against Netherlands in the past 10-20 games
that were held. But now take into consideration World Cup qualifying,
where Netherlands won Romania 2-0 at home and away.
How did you figure that main players will be rested and will not start? They
will play for one full half, and only than be rested. This should be more than enough to
settle Romania.
Abond777, You stated that Romania's only win in the past 10-20 games against Netherlands was in qualifying. Hate to break it to you, but wins from 20 years ago, don't mean squat. this is a what have you done lately world. In the past two meetings, Romania drew once, and won the other. That 2-0 win in World Cup qualifying was from 2005. The past history between the teams was from 10-20 years ago.
this Dutch team is immensly talented. They have shown to not only possess great individual players, but fantastic team play. Still though, when incorporating 3 or 4 or more new starters in a lineup, there will be a natural drop off. This Romania team is better than most give credit for. They have a ton of experience playing together. They held France in check after the first 20 minutes. The Italians had more ball possession and more shots, but few were actually on net. Romania will play its best game of the tournament today, hopefully pulling out a win.
Abond777, You stated that Romania's only win in the past 10-20 games against Netherlands was in qualifying. Hate to break it to you, but wins from 20 years ago, don't mean squat. this is a what have you done lately world. In the past two meetings, Romania drew once, and won the other. That 2-0 win in World Cup qualifying was from 2005. The past history between the teams was from 10-20 years ago.
this Dutch team is immensly talented. They have shown to not only possess great individual players, but fantastic team play. Still though, when incorporating 3 or 4 or more new starters in a lineup, there will be a natural drop off. This Romania team is better than most give credit for. They have a ton of experience playing together. They held France in check after the first 20 minutes. The Italians had more ball possession and more shots, but few were actually on net. Romania will play its best game of the tournament today, hopefully pulling out a win.
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