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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Yeah, as far as collapses go it was very unspectacular. But what's the story with Huntelaar's black eye?
I still think a moment of individual quality could've seen them through at least to the quarter finals (still a big comedown considering they were a lot of people's favourites) but their problem definitely seemed to be a total lack of any kind of connection within the team. I don't know what was going on behind the scenes but they definitely didn't look like a 'team'. So to speak. I think the big question is why Holland are so prone to this kind of in-fighting. Even when things are going well they seem constantly on the verge of some kind of falling out.
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I'm pretty sure the fireworks are going to come out in the next few days. I'll be disappointed if it's not going to be at least
somewhat spectacular. Rumours/stories so far:
- there being two different groups in the squad... 1 around Sneijder wanting to play more offensive and 1 around Van Persie being more supportive of the current strategy.
- Bouma having punched a medic after the Germany game.
- Huntelaar being told he must shut up or else leave the tournament.
- Van der Wiel claiming his team mates wouldn't give him the ball (that might be a good thing actually, he obviously doesn't know what to do with it)
Huntelaar's black eye happened in a trip to the USA with Schalke 04 just before the Euros. He's been somewhat unlucky with his head this season. First a
double-fractured nose at Schalke, followed by a
nasty collision in a friendly with England and finally a
concussion + black eye.
I don't know if Holland are particularly prone to infighting, but they certainly are more prone to it than England I think.