Finally my long-time favorites Holland enter the tournament.
As usual there's a bit of chaos and internal conflicts in the Dutch team. Wijnaldum, the captain, said "Strootman is a much better captain than me". Several players complained about Frank de Boers 5-3-2 formation calling it a "failed experiment" (yet that is how they play tonight), even Franks twin brother Ronald said Johan Cruyff would be turning in his grave if he saw the 5-3-2 formation.
On a brighter note, Memphis Depay is nowadays a really good player. A key moment in his turn-around from seemingly wasted talent to a world class player seem to be when legendary Dutch manager Co Adriaanse said:
"Memphis needs to focus more on football and less on dressing like a Peruvian pan flute player".
As for Ukraine I have no idea but they are probably better than most people think since Shakhtar and Dynamo Kiev are able to keep great players from leaving to show themselves in bigger leagues.
As usual there's a bit of chaos and internal conflicts in the Dutch team. Wijnaldum, the captain, said "Strootman is a much better captain than me". Several players complained about Frank de Boers 5-3-2 formation calling it a "failed experiment" (yet that is how they play tonight), even Franks twin brother Ronald said Johan Cruyff would be turning in his grave if he saw the 5-3-2 formation.
On a brighter note, Memphis Depay is nowadays a really good player. A key moment in his turn-around from seemingly wasted talent to a world class player seem to be when legendary Dutch manager Co Adriaanse said:
"Memphis needs to focus more on football and less on dressing like a Peruvian pan flute player".
As for Ukraine I have no idea but they are probably better than most people think since Shakhtar and Dynamo Kiev are able to keep great players from leaving to show themselves in bigger leagues.
