Well ...
I want to examine this thing from the other side ... with special respect to the game v France ... certainly, the Dutch played a coherent game ... very tight in closing the spaces ... some superb passes ... overall good chemistry ... tactical discipline, particularly from the spine ...
Buh lehme say, @#$# Domenech has been exposed ... it seemed evident that there were a couple keys that could have been employed to make things a lil more difficult for the Dutch ... and seemingly he sat on his hands ... I don't see him managing in 2010.
Oh yeah, in the interest of full disclosure ... normally this clash would have found me conflicted because ah have regard for both teams ... buh Domenech did not live up to his end of the bargain. So when Titi Henry scored ah was hoping for a lil resuscitation of the French ... despite the fact that Henry was a principal candidate to siddung ... STEUPS ...
Ribery, Govou, Malouda, Henry were not communicating AT ALL ... that wasn't the result of Dutch dominance ... that was the result of other shit. The Dutch exploited that ...
1. Ah tempted to say Sagnol should have been more active in the attack, at least on an alternating or occasional basis. Ah know why he was staying closer to home, but geez on ages! de Henry goal was produced by Sagnol's lone coherent run fwd ... on a few other movements fwd he was tentative or just coudn't get it played in in sync
... Then again, one can argue ... validly ... that the Robben goal seconds later was a product of Sagnol's fwd movement ... normally it would not have been Thuram isolated 1 v 1 with Robben ... it would have been Sagnol v Engelaar or Sagnol v Robben with the central defender squeezing to support ...
2. NEVERTHELESS, ##@# Coupet was horrible and lackadaisical on that and a number of the Dutch efforts ... that resulted in goals or not ...
3. Though not directly related to the outcome - this exclusion of Trezeguet is absolute bollocks ...
4. I dare anyone look at the match again and find a French player consistently located 10, 15 or 20 yards outside the arc ... one of the precise locations where the Dutch won balls and restarted their attack.
5. What de hell was Anelka supposed to accomplish ... steups ...
6. If Gomis was brought in as the target ah still waiting fuh him to collect a decisive ball