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Player Focus: Van Gaal's Oranje Left-Back Dilemma

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Feb 24 2014 12:31
Player Focus: Van Gaal's Oranje Left-Back Dilemma Daley Blind switching to midfield from defence has given Louis van Gaal some food for thought. Despite an upward trajectory in the heart of midfield for Ajax, Blind remains Oranje's first choice left-back but Van Gaal, as he's shown before, isn't afraid to go against a past assertion.Van Gaal, who r...
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Match Focus: Key Creators Go Head to Head as Twente Host Vitesse

by Mohamed Moallim at Tuesday, Feb 11 2014 12:08
Match Focus: Key Creators Go Head to Head as Twente Host Vitesse The last five years, for many onlookers, have felt like a new era in the Eredivisie symbolised by egalitarianism and competition. In other words a level-playing field – to a certain extent – has emerged. Every three points is hard-fought, as Ron Jans, manager of PEC Zwolle, says. With a ...

Player Focus: Jóhannsson Excelling in Altidore's Absence

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Jan 27 2014 17:08
Player Focus: Jóhannsson Excelling in Altidore's Absence It's funny how a song can remind you of someone. Born in the USA, for example, in one part of the Netherlands is now synonymous with Jozy Altidore. Bruce Springsteen's anthem was heard a total of 20 times at the AFAS Stadion – home of AZ – last season, one for each goal. Replacing him, h...
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Player Focus: Tonny Vilhena - Feyenoord's Latest Young Prodigy

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Jan 20 2014 14:34
Player Focus: Tonny Vilhena - Feyenoord's Latest Young Prodigy When it comes to youth development the Dutch are often seen to be at the forefront, a reputation that takes pride of place, so much so that youth academies – both professional and amateur – are annually nominated for a 'Rinus Michels Award'. The winner of the professional prize four year...
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Match Focus: PSV and Ajax Resume Rivalry as Eredivisie Returns

by Mohamed Moallim at Thursday, Jan 16 2014 10:04
Match Focus: PSV and Ajax Resume Rivalry as Eredivisie Returns Eric Gerets still remembers tasting the hatred every time he faced Ajax. When I arrived at PSV, we broke Ajax's hegemony. I don't think I'm liked very much over there, but I don't like them very much either. Gerets, a tireless right-back who spent seven successful years in Eindhoven, succinctly summ...
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League Focus: Eredivisie Team of the Season So Far

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Dec 30 2013 14:13
League Focus: Eredivisie Team of the Season So Far With the Eredivisie in hibernation, there's no better opportunity to look back on the last five months. Here is WhoScored’s team of the season so far.Robbin Ruiter – FC UtrechtThe summer just gone marked five years since Edwin van der Sar retired from international duty. At the time many...
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Team Focus: Impressive Vitesse Asserting Themselves as Title Challengers

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Dec 16 2013 16:07
Team Focus: Impressive Vitesse Asserting Themselves as Title Challengers A year is a long time in football. Heading into the 2012/13 winter break PSV were winterkampioen (winter champion), with everything in place to win a 22nd championship (first since 2008), Vitesse were five points behind in fifth. PSV ultimately fell short, as runners-up to Ajax, whereas Vitesse ende...
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Team Focus: Homegrown Talent Key to Ajax's Chances in Milan

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Dec 9 2013 15:12
Team Focus: Homegrown Talent Key to Ajax's Chances in Milan There was something uplifting about Ajax's win over Barcelona. It rekindled memories of when the Amsterdammers were a force in Europe captivating their opponents and audience with spellbinding football. Outstanding, the Ajax school is very much alive, El Mundo Deportivo wrote. We beat Barcelona with...
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Player Focus: Young Wingers Impressing in the Eredivisie

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Dec 2 2013 14:40
Player Focus: Young Wingers Impressing in the Eredivisie Gone are the days of the winger's sole purpose being to hug the touchline, getting chalk on his boot, and delivering cross after cross. In recent years, the art of wing play was becoming a lost one. The role as we know it was becoming an endangered species; no place was it more felt than in the Neth...
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Player Focus: The Emergence of Hakim Ziyech at Heerenveen

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Nov 25 2013 16:20
Player Focus: The Emergence of Hakim Ziyech at Heerenveen The difference, in terms of level, between the Eredivisie and its counterparts in Western Europe – namely the 'Big five' – is widely known and appreciated. As mentioned on these pages, numerous times, the Eredivisie has over the years steadily built a reputation as a 'developmental leagu...
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