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Missed all games except for Holland-Japan yesterday. Denmark vs Cameroon looked like a good one judging by the highlights. It's a shame Denmark didn't play a similar game against the dutch (playing to win rather than consolidating 0-0) but on the other hand I can't really hold it against them.
It's hard to put a finger on the Dutch performance so far. With 2 wins and 2 clean sheets the results are excellent, but it's not been very convincing at all. Of course the goals have proven to be very expensive in South-Africa and maybe the pre-tournament test matches (12 goals vs Mexico, Ghana and Hungary) had thrown dust in my eyes. Both the Japanese and the Danes were starting very defensively against Holland and barely had any intention to move forwards until they fell behind. But all that can't be a proper excuse for the lack of spark/creativitiy from Holland.
After the first-half of Holland-Japan, the stats said over 70% ball possession for Holland, yet the only Dutch shot on goal I remember was Van der Vaart's in injury time. Shocking! I can only hope it'll get better from here.
Now I'm going to read up on everything that happened in the French squad yesterday... Really looking forward to Brazil vs Ivory Coast tonight!
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