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Holland gives France a lesson in total football
Published 6/14/2008 by Anish at SoccerBlog.com
WIth the final score reading 4 -1 it was total football from the men in orange and total embarrassment for the french....more

“French Toast” as Oranje crush Les Bleus
Published 6/14/2008 by Arthur Antunes Coimbra at 101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more
... all find themselves celebrating the tournament. While coming in for specific praise this morning, are the Dutch, who are lauded across the papers following their 4-1 defeat of France. Paul Doyle asks us to “celebrate the courage of Marco van Basten”, a sentiment echoed by Martin Samuel (”Holland took the French apart last night, thanks in no small part to the courage of Marco van Basten”). Henry Winter, Rob Hughes and Sam Wallace all naturally jump on the bandwagon, with Paul Fletcher acting as ...

France gets a lesson in total football
Published 6/14/2008 by Anish at SoccerBlog.com
With the final score reading 4 -1 it was total football from the men in orange and total embarrassment for the french....more In the other game Buffon kept Italy alive in the group of death by saving a penalty.It now means that the next game with France will decide who stays in the tournament.That will be like the world cup final all over again - only the butter and butted will be missing this time.