Sunday, June 01, 2008

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: HOLLAND 2 WALES 0

It was Men against Boys and that's exactly how it proved too as The Dutch strolled around but still comprehensively worked over Wales' young guns in Rotterdam.

Holland are on their way to Euro'2008 and amongst the favourites to win the tournament with players wanting to prove a point. Wales, by contrast, are at the end of a long season and minus virtually all their established stars and relying on kids with the average age of the side barely over 21.

Holland won it with a goal either side of half-time and could have had more. Wales huffed, puffed but mainly hung in there with only Freddie Eastwood firing a shot at goal in the entire 90 minutes.

However that scoreline is respectable and you'd hope the boys learned from it. Joe Ledley, now a permanent name on the teamsheet, played his part but surprisingly, Aaron Ramsey did not feature when he was widely expectly to get a bow so appears to have been taken to Iceland and Holland simply for the experience.

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