Euro 2012 - Day 2

[Loveless]

Day 2

Group B - Game 3
09/07/2012 17:00pm - Kharkiv

Vs

Group B - Game 4
09/07/2012 19:45pm - Lviv

Vs

 

[Loveless]

Match Predictions
Loveless predicts Netherlands
MCMG predicts Netherlands
Great White Sam predicts Netherlands
Tastycles predicts Netherlands
Funkay predicts Netherlands
Laylafan268 predicts Netherlands
Phoenix predicts Netherlands
The Unspoken Truth predicts Netherlands
Ming predicts Netherlands
Captain Morgan Freeman predicts Netherlands
SEMM predicts Netherlands
Kappa Chaos predicts Netherlands
Brock Goldberg predicts Netherlands
Alastor predicts Netherlands
Davidus Maximus predicts Netherlands

 

[Harthan]

Hoping for more exciting games today. Greece/Poland set the bar pretty high.

 

[Loveless]

Germany Vs Portugal should be a great game

 

[SEMM]

That Dutch lineup is scarily good. They can't lose here, surely.

 

[Loveless]

That Dutch lineup is scarily good. They can't lose here, surely.

You'd think so but they're quite capable of losing any game.

 

[Loveless]

I'd have picked Huntelaar over Van Persie and that miss is why.

 

[Loveless]

I'm liking this big expansive game everyone is playing, could be a great tournament if everyone plays this way

 

[Loveless]

This game needs a goal, it's being played at friendly pace.

 

[SEMM]

That was unexpected. Well this makes things more interesting.

 

[Loveless]

0-1

Goooooooooaal!
Dehli!​

 

[Loveless]

Well I don't think anyone was expecting that.

 

[SEMM]

Good hand ball shout for Holland there?

 

[Loveless]

Good hand ball shout for Holland there?

Technically yes but it would have been a really strange one to give. Denmark had possession and Netherlands weren't even trying to get the ball back.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I'll be in Amsterdam tomorrow, and I'd rather not be surrounded by pissed off Dutch people.

 

[SEMM]

Holland looking slightly deflated since that goal.

As I type that Denmark mess up and Robben hits the post. Oh dear.

 

[Loveless]

Denmark have got their tactics spot on here, they know they can't win possession so they're counter-attacking and it's working because Netherlands look unbelievably relaxed.

Off the post from Netherlands

 

[Loveless]

I'll be in Amsterdam tomorrow, and I'd rather not be surrounded by pissed off Dutch people.

If they're anything like their team they won't be too bothered

 

[SEMM]

Van Persie's first touch letting him down there. I'll be surprised if he plays any part of the second half.

 

[Loveless]

Van Persie screws up again

 

[Harthan]

Very surprising first half. I can't imagine the Dutch aren't going to score at least once in the second, though. Danes will need to be sharp going forward. Just don't see the Dutch dropping it as hard in the second as they did in the first.

 

[Loveless]

Netherlands need to come out as a completely different side in the 2nd half or their tournament could be over. They'll struggle to get out of this group if they lose.

 

[SEMM]

What if Netherlands were to change their formation? Take De Jong off, put Huntelaar on and put him up with Van Persie in the hope that 2 is greater than 1.

 

[Loveless]

What if Netherlands were to change their formation? Take De Jong off, put Huntelaar on and put him up with Van Persie in the hope that 2 is greater than 1.

They're quite well known at this point for using the same formation. I don't think they've changed from 2 defensive mids and 1 striker since the manager took over. They just need a good slap and to wake up, it wouldn't hurt to swap Huntelaar for Van Persie either.

 

[Loveless]

They just don't quite seem sharp. It's unusual for Sneijder to get the ball trapped under his feet like that, another chance gone.