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.
Voila!
This is my best shot of the twin towers yet. (tag)I had wanted to edit the photo to repair the tilt. Then, I thought, nah, I like it as it is.
p/s – I haven’t been updating my gallery for a very long time. For more than two years I think and now, I’m thinking of bringing it back. In the meantime, I’ll be double posting all of my pictures posted here at two places – here and at Flickr. Actually I’ve been doing this since March 2006. So, it really isn’t a new initiative on my part. Anyway, that gallery that I’m talking about is here and there’s a link to my Flickr account there. Go. Go. =)
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.
Yeah, no more runny nose! Still stuffy though but more importantly, I feel better! But right now, I’m just too tired to blog. So, another photo. This was taken at a chess tournament that I participated earlier in Kuala Lumpur.
I love chess. Especially when I’m winning.