Jong Oranje has won the Under 21 Euro 2006. Now, it’s time for Oranje to conquer the world.
Here’s a list of Ajacieden, former and current, within the Dutch squad.
Goalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar, Maarten Stekelenburg, Henk Timmer
Defenders: Tim de Cler, Johnny Heitinga
Midfielders: Hedwiges Maduro, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart
Forwards: Ryan Babel
Hup Ajax hup! Hup Oranje hup!
The result is out. The friendly between the Netherlands and Australia ended with a draw. One all is the final score. (tag).
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the result. It’s a draw! I had expected no less than a win!
It must be the ground. The very cursed ground. The friendly was played in Rotterdam for crying out loud.
Phillip Cocu suffered an injury in the first half, while Wesley Sneijder and Giovanni van Bronckhorst needed replacing in the second.
I hope all three, especially Sneijder, is alright. According to a poster at Ajaxtalk, Sneijder’s injury looks pretty bad.
Anyway, apart from this match, another Oranje is in action. It’s the under-21 team against Ukraine in the U-21 Euro 2006 final.
De Oranje had a friendly match against Mexico earlier and I saw the highlight on TV. Thanks to Ajax, specifically Heitinga and Babel of AFC Ajax, de Oranje won the game 2-1:
Ajax came to the rescue of Netherlands, as the Dutch came from a goal down to beat fellow World Cup finalist Mexico.
The two nations are putting the finishing touches to their World Cup preparations and they served up three goals Eindhoven.
The __earthinc, as I had done so during Euro 2004 in post 361, 363, 364, 368, 369, 372, 373, 374 and 376, gives full support to the Dutch team. During the duration of the competitie, I’m willing to ignore that van Nistelrooy is at Manchester United and a former P$V player, there are a bunch of P$V and F-word players in the team. Hmmm. Did I say P$V and F-word?
Oh sorry. I meant PSV and Feyenoord.
From now on until the end of the World Cup, all players are part of the Oranje. On June 10, this blog will see orange (tag).
And yet again, we declare hostility with the Italy.
Alright. Less than 7 days to go.
The Pope yesterday cites secularism as the reason why Canada is having a low birth rate. More:
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday that low birth rates in Canada are the result of the “pervasive effects of secularism” and asked the country’s bishops to counter the trend by preaching the truth of Christ.
Benedict, who has spoken out several times in favor of large families, blamed Canada’s low birth rate on social ills and moral ambiguities that result from secular ideology.
Heh. And I blame the Pope (well, Vatican to be precise) for causing overpopulation and hence, shortage of food in Africa.
p/s – Haha! Just discovered that Scott Adams blogs! Adams is the author of Dilbert but who doesn’t know that?
pp/s – sucks. MSU gets on front page today at Wikipedia. I won’t bother linking to our intrastate rival.
Two summers ago, a movie created a debate on climate change. It was The Day After Tomorrow. The movie was fun, Emma Rossum was great (I’m falling in love LOL!) and there was a Michigan t-shirt in the movie (Go Blue!). However, the movie exaggerated the effect of climate change. This May, comes another movie that will rock the greens’ world. It isn’t an exaggeration and it’s called An Inconvenient Truth.
An Inconvenient Truth isn’t a movie like The Day After Tomorrow. It’s a kind of documentary, with Al Gore in it. RealClimate.org calls the documentary as Al Gore’s movie.
I first heard about An Inconvenient Truth at WorldChanging.com. It will hit cinemas in the US on May 24 but I don’t know if it would ever reach Malaysian shore. Instead of Mission Impossible or The Da Vinci’s Code, I want to catch this film. This should be better than Fahrenheit 9/11. But for me to be able to watch it at the Malaysians cinemas, those in the US have to ensure the film receives good returns – the film has to get a good ticket collection. Why? At WorldChanging, in the same entry:
This movie will change the American debate on climate, if people get a chance to see it. But in order for them to see it, it needs to do well its first weekend. If you are an American and read this site, it is your duty to go see this film the weekend it opens.
Else, in absence of the legal version, as much as I hate to say it, I’d have to resort to piracy. So, those in the US, please watch it, so I could too!
See the trailer at Google Video.
p/s – Henk ten Cate joins Ajax Amsterdam as the new head coach. Until today, ten Cate was Frank Rijkaard’s assistant as Barca, this season European champion.