ARJEN ROBBEN

Write-up by Suresh Iyer

Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez’s major battle method for the semi-last in opposition to Holland is to check out and cease their forward, Arjen Robben, in his stride.

Sebastian Abreu, who starred in the penalty shoot-out win more than Ghana, revealed that the coach had discussed how to retain Robben in check out, in the team meeting.

But Abreu admitted that preparing a technique and applying it on the discipline have been entirely diverse issues.

Before this Earth Cup, Robben had scored 11 objectives in 42 matches for Holland. These integrated two ambitions scored in the 2006 Globe Cup. Following getting selected in the first 23 for the 2010 Earth Cup by Holland coach, Bert van Marwijk, in a pleasant versus Hungary, days prior to boarding the flight to South Africa, Robben fell, and injured his hamstring in the process. The hamstring damage stored Robben out of action, in the group stage.

His 1st look at this Planet Cup was from Slovakia in the round of sixteen. Following the match, the Slovakia players admitted that they had been stunned by Robben’s “genius”. Although Robben is described as a forward, he operates greatest just behind the forwards, from the proper wing. His amazing crosses can confound the most reliable defences, as was amply demonstrated in the match in opposition to Brazil.

Along with Schneider, Robben represents the attacking instinct of the Dutch who invented the idea of “total football”. In his stride, Robben is unstoppable, and the nightmare of every defender.

Holland will now be hunting to Robben to lead them to their very first Planet cup title. Holland had 8 wins in eight qualifiers, and now they have 5 wins in five matches at the Earth Cup. If they do go on to win the planet cup, Holland will be the 1st champion crew at any time to win all their qualification matches and all their Globe Cup matches. Robben has starred in two of those wins, previously, from Slovakia and Brazil.

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Suresh Iyer is an avid sports fan and blogger.