Monday, June 14, 2010

Netherlands Beat Denmark: 2-0

Netherlands started their campaign with a 2-0 win over Denmark.

It was a goaless game during the first half. within a minute into the 2nd half Simon Poulsen's own goal , from there on Denmark failed to recover.

The second goal came in the 85th minute by Dirk Kuyt.

Netherlands ball possession was over 65% and they had almost 19 shots on the Goal, whereas Denmark only managed 13 shots.

Two Yellow Cards were shown to Netherlands and One to Denmark

Teams:

NETHERLANDS: Maarten Stekelenburg - Gregory van der Wiel, John Heitinga, Joris Mathijsen, Giovanni van Bronckhorst (capt.) - Mark van Bommel, Nigel de Jong - Dirk Kuyt, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart - Robin van Persie.

Coach: Bert van Marwijk

DENMARK: Thomas Sorensen - Simon Poulsen, Simon Kjaer, Daniel Agger, Lars Jacobsen - Christian Poulsen, Martin Jorgensen (capt.), Thomas Kahlenberg, Thomas Enevoldsen - Dennis Rommedahl, Nicklas Bendtner

Coach: Morten Olsen

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