Holland

It seems that at the moment the rumours linking Chelsea to Dutch wonderkid Gregory van der Wiel are nothing more than speculations, after the 23-year-old has declared that he had no contact with the London club but he would certainly be…

You have to feel a little bit sorry for Arjen Robben. Actually, Chelsea owe him big time. When he came to Stamford Bridge in 2004, despite a few injuries, he scored seven goals in just 18 league games as Chelsea won their first league title…

A report in the Sun this morning says that Chelsea are lining up a bid for the impressive Dutch defender Gregory Van Der Wiel. He was earlier reported as a target for Arsenal, who are still looking to buy another defender, but the tabloid…

Most pundits expected Brazil to cruise to the finals, although Holland quietly fancied their chances. To most watchers, when Brazil went ahead through Robinho after just ten minutes, it looked like it was going to be a walkover. Brazil…

Holland shocked Brazil as well as the rest of the world by beating the Samba Boys, despite going one goal behind early on in the game. Brazil were so far superior in the first half that it just looked like a matter of time before they…

The Dutch team looked workmanlike in qualifying, but still won 3 out of 3. They had a hard last 16 game lined up against Slovakia, who had shocked the world by putting Italy on the plane home. Holland were happy to see their talismanic…

Whoever won this game was guaranteed to reach the knockout stages, so it was always going to be a hard-fought match. Holland had looked impressive in beating Denmark, and with Van Persie, Van Der Vaart, Sneijder et al in the team, they had…