Edwin van der Sar
August 2005
Edwin van der Sar walks past a small table at the edge of the field. He is extremely indignant, although outwardly almost calm. September 1, 2001, when Ireland knocked the Netherlands out of the World Cup in Dublin, is arguably the worst day of the Dutch goalkeeper's career.
It seems that the table will get it now - the goalkeeper raises his leg to strike death blow. But, having changed his mind, he only knocks down a plastic cup. In this act, the whole van der Sar. The ability to hit instantly, without acceleration, turns it into the best football player among goalkeepers. He also knows how to control his emotions. No wonder he is nicknamed the Ice Rabbit. Both qualities will help him to new job, probably the most intense in football - the goalkeeper of Manchester United, which he took up today, in the game against Everton.
Van der Sar is thirty-four years old. He grew up in a village nestled among Dutch onion fields. And he looks exactly like a country boy. Growth - 197, average for the region. A long, pale, sullen face, like that of a typical Calvinist pastor of the 1872 model, is also characteristic of these places.
As a child, he liked to play football. True, do not stand at the gate, but actively move around the field. However, he never dreamed of turning professional until he was spotted by Ajax Amsterdam. The club was distinguished by original ideas about goalkeepers. Ajax's greatest player and "house philosopher" Johan Cruyff said it was absurd to limit them to just catching the ball. This approach means wasting the energy of one of the eleven players. The goalkeeper must start the attack, pass like a field player. Van der Sar, who attended good hit, was created to implement the ideas of Cruyff. Johan later called Ice Rabbit "Ajax's best attacking player". It is in this club that the future famous player I realized that his task is not just to catch balls. Rather, he must organize the defense so that it does not have to be done. If the ball flew into the goal, it means that something was previously done wrong.
But if van der Sar needs to take the ball, he does it. Ask other goalkeepers about him, and they will surely confirm that he rarely makes mistakes. According to Cruyff, he is “completely versatile”: he equally successfully takes hinged strikes from the flanks, “reads” the game or catches balls flying by ricochet. But above all, like a real Ice Bunny, Edwin never gets nervous. Concentrating before the match, he follows his own definition of reliability: "Take all the balls that are possible." He has only one drawback - he rarely takes "impossible" balls.
“Goalkeepers are crazy,” reads the football stamp. But van der Sar is not like that. He says: “Sometimes I see nice, calm guys go crazy on the field. I may seem insensitive to someone, but I doubt that they are playing 100%.
The Dutchman never seems to lose his self-control, which is not typical of other footballers. Even after a great victory, fighting off his comrades who hug him too violently, he fences himself off with a cold irony that does not seem funny.
When Juventus bought van der Sar from Ajax in 1999, he was considered by many to be the best goalkeeper in the world. Two years later, he was not. At Juve, for the only time in his career, the goalkeeper lost his confidence and made a mistake. The Italians began to tease him with "van der Goal", and Juventus, having previously asked to check his eyesight, sold him. "Van der Gol" joined the ranks of Fulham, who assured that they would rise to glory together. Then the team ran out of money, ambitions moderated. As a result, the former best goalkeeper world" spent four years in a mediocre club.
In a television program aired last December, the last great goalkeeper Manchester United Peter Schmeichel recommended the Dutchman to United and Arsenal. Van der Sar and his wife, who watched the broadcast at home, were flattered. But none of the clubs ever called. They seem to have enough mediocre goalkeepers. In the Netherlands, the goalkeeper is expected to demonstrate the talent of a field player, in Italy - the ability to hit balls perfectly. In England, they do not expect anything from him, it seems.
Playing on the small "Craven Cottage" was especially offensive for van der Sar - he knew that he was at the peak of his form. His the best match the player counts the meeting between Arsenal and Fulham in 2003. Playing for the Dutch national team, along with the boys who had brought balls a few years ago, he played the 100th match in his native team and finally became a truly brilliant goalkeeper.
Like many goalkeepers, he peaked at thirty-five. Joop Hiel, his former coach explains why: “To be a goalkeeper means to see and understand the situation, to find a solution. And the more often, the easier it is to play. Therefore, an experienced goalkeeper knows the structure of the attack well and manages to organize the defense. The young player does not know how, he only has talent. When he makes a mistake, he begins to doubt himself.” When a similar thing happened to Tim Howard, United's young goalkeeper, the club finally approached van der Sar.
Team coach Alex Ferguson has been recruiting dubious goalkeepers for six years. And he was not alone in this. Such a "blind spot" on the conscience of Arsene Wenger at Arsenal. Few mentors understand the work of a goalkeeper. It's a shame because only goalkeeping mistakes prevented United from reaching the Champions League. The team still lacks Schmeichel's ability to organize the game. Although he, like most British goalkeepers, did not know how to play football at all, he could start a counterattack by throwing the ball 35 meters right at the feet of a teammate. Van der Sar does the same with passes. Moreover, he does not stand out under the spotlights of the largest club in the world, where any mistake of standing at the gate becomes a national tragedy. In addition, he complements United's "roll of honors", consisting of Roy Keane so far.
In any case, United is just an interlude for van der Sar. He will eventually return to his amateur club in the Dutch Dunes, where he will leave his position as a goalkeeper to play in attack. “Kicking balls is much more enjoyable,” he says.
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↓Edwin van der Sar is a Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Finished career in 2011 year. For more than thirteen years, Van der Sar was the main goalkeeper and captain of the Netherlands national team, for which he played 130 matches, which is a national team record.
Van der Sar began his career at Ajax, where he spent nine years. Then he played for Juventus and Fulham, and in 2005 moved to Manchester United. Van der Sar is one of the few players to have won the UEFA Champions League with two different clubs: with Ajax in 1995 and with Manchester United 2008 year. IN 1995 And 2009 years van der Sar was recognized as the best European goalkeeper.
Edwin van der Sar began his career in the clubs of his hometown, where he was noticed by Louis van Gaal. As a result, van der Sar moved to Ajax, becoming one of the key players in the second "golden generation" of the club. He won four league titles, three Dutch Cups and a UEFA Cup with Ajax. 1992 of the year and the Champions League 1995 of the year. IN 1995 year he was recognized as the best goalkeeper in Europe. Van der Sar also played in the Champions League final 1996 of the year, however, in that match, Ajax lost to Juventus in the penalty shoot-out. In total, van der Sar played 226 matches for Ajax and scored one goal from the penalty spot (against De Grafschap in the season 1997/98 ).
IN 1999 In the year van der Sar moved to the Italian club Juventus, for which he played 66 matches in Serie A, after which he lost his place at the gate. He became the first non-Italian goalkeeper in the history of Juventus.
Dissatisfied with his role as substitute goalkeeper at Juventus, van der Sar moved to Premier League club Fulham in 2001 year for an amount of about £ 7.1 million. In total, he played 154 matches for the summer residents.
Van der Sar joined Manchester United on 10 June 2005
year, the amount of the transfer was not disclosed (according to some reports, it amounted to £ 2 million). United manager Sir Alex called van der Sar the team's best goalkeeper since Peter Schmeichel.
5 May 2007 Van der Sar took a penalty against Manchester City to secure a 1-0 victory for United in the Manchester derby. The following day, Chelsea failed to beat Arsenal at the Emirates, guaranteeing United's ninth Premier League win and Van der Sar's first English league medal. Edwin was named to the PFA Team of the Year at the end of the season. 2006/07 . Three months later, van der Sar became the hero of the FA Super Cup match, parrying three Chelsea kicks from the penalty mark in a penalty shoot-out, after which United became the winners of the Super Cup.
Season 2007/08 became very successful for van der Sar: he helped the club win the Premier League title, as well as the Champions League. In the Champions League final, it was van der Sar's save from Nicolas Anelka's penalty shootout that ensured Manchester United's victory over Chelsea.
12 December 2008 2009/10 .
January 27 2009
of the year, after beating West Bromwich Albion 5-0, van der Sar helped Manchester United set a new club record and a Premier League record with 11 clean sheets ( 1032
minutes) in a row. Previous record set by Peter 
in season 2004/05
, was 10 matches ( 1025
minutes). The series of clean sheets did not end there, and four days later van der Sar broke the English Championship record held by Reading's Steve Deth ( 1103
minutes) and set to 1979
year. On February 8, van der Sar held another "dry match" with West Ham, and his streak lasted until 1212
minutes, beating the British record set by Aberdeen goalkeeper Bobby Clarke ( 1155
minutes) in 1971
year.
18th of Febuary 2009 van der Sar's "dry streak" lasted until 1302 minutes, surpassing the single-season world record set by José Maria Bulhubasic ( 1289 minutes) in the Chilean Championship 2005 year. The record streak came to an end against Newcastle on 4 March when van der Sar conceded a goal in the 9th minute of the match. In total, van der Sar spent 1311 minutes without conceded goals in the championship. This "clean sheet" was a key factor in winning Manchester United's 11th Premier League title. Van der Sar has won the Golden Glove award this season with 21 clean sheets in the Premier League.
Van der Sar injured his finger in the Audi Cup pre-season match and missed 12 of United's old games of the season. 2009/10 . October 6 2009 van der Sar made his first appearance since injury in United's reserves game against Everton. On 17 October, he returned to the main squad, playing in a match against Bolton, which ended in a 2-1 victory for United. On November 21, van der Sar was injured again and was out for 12 matches, including due to family circumstances (his wife suffered a cerebral hemorrhage before Christmas). January 16 2010 he returned to the team when United beat Burnley 3-0.
February 26 2010 van der Sar extended his contract with United for one year, until the end of the season 2010/11 . In the end of January 2011 Edwin announced his decision to retire at the end of the season 2010/11 .
Van der Sar's last game was the Champions League final. 2010/11 against Barcelona, in which the Catalan club won with a score of 3: 1.
Although his debut in the national team was, to put it mildly, not very successful. After a string of superb Champions League performances for Ajax, then-Orange manager Guus Hiddink brought Van der Sar into the squad in June 1995. qualifying match European Championship with Belarus. However, there was a huge confusion. The Dutch lost in Minsk, and Sergei Gerasimets scored the only goal after Van der Sar's mistake. Five years later, all this - the loss of the Dutch to the Belarusians and Van der Sar's mistake - seems even more unrealistic.
Unlike most Ajax players in the mid-90s, Van der Cap is not a student of the famous football school club. He started playing amateur team Noordwijk, and got to Amsterdam in 1989 thanks to the friendship of Noordwijk coach Ruud Bring with Louis van Gaal. Four years after Stanley Menzo's several blunders in the UEFA Cup quarter-final against Auxerre, Van der Sar had a chance to win a place in the starting line-up, which he used brilliantly. Largely thanks to Van der Sar, Ajax won the Champions League, the Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup in the mid-90s, and also had no equal in the Dutch championship for three years in a row. However, after the decisions of the European Court in the Bosman case great team broke up. Van der Cap, by the way, stayed in Amsterdam the longest. It wasn't until a year ago that he finally decided to change the scene.
Many leading European clubs claimed the Dutch goalkeeper, including Manchester United, who were looking for a replacement for Peter Schmeichel. Van der Cap chose Juventus. "I decided to go to Italy because I really enjoy learning about other cultures and there isn't much difference between Holland and England. But that doesn't mean I don't like the Premier League. Maybe I'll have time to play in England...More important everything for me was to be in a great club... Juventus is without a doubt one of the greatest clubs in Europe."
In Turin, Van der Cap got used to it very quickly. Juventus have conceded just 20 goals in 34 league games, far fewer than any other team, and it's not the goalkeeper's fault that the Turints missed the Scudetto. Nevertheless, Van der Cap admits that the first season in Italy was not as easy for him as it might seem at first glance. "Goalkeeping tasks in Italy and Holland differ significantly. In Holland, entertainment is as important as the result, and therefore creative functions are assigned to everyone, including goalkeepers. In Italy, the result is the only criterion, and for goalkeepers the most important thing is reliability".
Naturally, Van der Sar had to rebuild. However, the Dutchman so impressed the coach of "lOventyca" Carlo Ancelotti with his ability to make accurate passes with his feet to the partners that the goalkeeper was allowed "liberties" when putting the ball into play, and one can even say that over the past season, Juventus' style of action when moving from defense to attack has undergone significant changes. "At first, I was required to immediately kick the ball away from the goal in a critical situation. But now they know that I can start a sharp attack, and they use this quality of mine."
For now, the problem for Van der Sar is that he doesn't know Serie A strikers well.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport, in order to achieve perfection, Van der Sar needs to improve his game on exits, especially at high innings. The Dutchman is also not a specialist in repelling penalty kicks. Both in Ajax in the 1996 Champions League final against his current club, and in the national team in the 1996 European Championship quarter-final against France, and in the 1998 World Cup semi-final against Brazil, he failed to save a single blow in the post-match series. However, Van der Cap believes that there is no pattern here.
"As the European Championship approaches, the pressure increases," says Edwin. "But I'm calm about it. I only have trouble sleeping when I miss a ball that, in my opinion, could be reflected."
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“In general, I think that the grandiose expectations of our fans cannot affect the performance of the national team for the worse. After all, we have long been accustomed to this, and then almost all of us play for big clubs. The main thing is to approach the European Championship in optimal physical condition.”
By the way, the fact that the Juventus player is protecting the gates of the Dutch is a good sign. In the post-war years, the Italians won two major tournaments, the 1968 European Championship and the 1982 World Cup, and both times the goalkeeper of the national team was the representative of the "old lady". namely Dino Zoff.
Edwin Van der Sar is one of the key elements of Ajax's second golden generation. As part of the capital team in the 90s, this goalkeeper won five championships and three Cups of the country. The wards of Louis van Gaal were indomitable on the European arena - in 1992 they won the UEFA Cup, and three seasons later they won the Champions League. Then in the final in Vienna, Ajax defeated AC Milan 1-0. Later, Edwin became the owner of the European Super Cup.
In 1999, after Angelo Peruzzi left Turin for Inter Milan, Van der Sar became the first foreigner to score against Juventus, and for two seasons he was the Old Lady's main goalkeeper. In 2001, Juve acquired Gianluigi Buffon from Parma, and Edwin's first-team appearances became limited.
The Dutchman was bought by the English Fulham for 11.5 million euros, with whom he signed a four-year contract. During the time spent in the “summer residents” he played 154 matches.
Van der Sar has incredible reflexes for a man of his build and height (197 cm). Plays in a modern style, often coming out of the net, and essentially performing the functions of the last defender.
Edwin is the main goalkeeper of the Dutch national team. In the summer of 2004, in many ways, it was Van der Sar's excellent performance at the European Championship that helped the Oranges reach the semi-finals of the tournament.
On 1 July 2005, Edwin van der Sar joined United on a two-year deal with the Red Devils.
The Dutchman was United's first signing since Malcolm Glaser's purchase of the club and joined the team during the team's July tour of the Far East. He was the latest in a long line of goalkeepers Fergie tried as No. 1 after the departure of Peter Schmeichel in 1999. Mark Bosnich, Massimo Taibi, Raymond van der Gove, Fabien Barthez, Ricardo and Roy Carroll failed to become Big Dan's heirs and left the club.
The 197cm goalkeeper proved his prowess at all levels and it was believed that with his vast playing experience he would stabilize the club's game at the last frontier after inconsistent play at the gates of Tim Howard's team. With the start of the 2005-06 season, Sir Alex Ferguson made Edwin number one, and commentators soon stopped talking about the "goalkeeper problem" at Old Trafford.
Van der Sar has become a model of consistency and it's hard to remember the serious mistakes he made in this first season with his new team, on the contrary he had a great season helping the team out at crucial moments. He set a rare achievement for a player - went out to starting lineup United in all 38 league games, and became only the club's fourth player to do so since Gary Pallister, who also played every league game in 1994-95.
Given his age, he is certainly not a long-term player on the team, and Tim Howard was supposed to take over the role of understudy and gain experience to take over when the time comes for him to take over as No. 1. However, Tim Howard's recent move in Everton they leave him understudy Tomasz Kuszczak and Ben Foster. Van der Sar is still the main goalkeeper of the Dutch national team, he played at the World Cup in Germany and will play for his national team at least until Euro 2008.
In the 2006-07 season, Edwin played in 32 Premier League games, 12 Champions League games and 3 in the FA Cup. He missed several matches in the national championship after breaking his nose in the away match against Tottenham in a clash with Robbie Keane, otherwise he would have spent almost the entire championship at the gates of United.
The excellent playing form of the Dutchman has become one of the decisive factors on the path of Manchester United to the league title. Suffice it to recall how he stopped Peter Crouch from scoring in the last minute of a 1-0 victory at Anfield, saved a draw by Mark Viduka in the home game against Boro 1-1. In May 2007, he saved Darius Wassel's penalty kick in a derby against City to give Manchester United a 1-0 win.
The next day, after a draw between Chelsea and Bolton, it became clear that these three points brought the Red Devils the league title. And although Van der Sar became the Dutch champion four times with Ajax, this is his first success in one of the leading European championships - English.
In the 2007-2008 season, Edwin secured his place in Manchester United history by parrying a Nicolas Anelka shot in the Champions League final at Luzhniki Moscow. Interestingly, Van der Sar's season began in August, also with a penalty shoot-out and also in the game against Chelsea, when he saved three shots in a row and helped his partners win the FA Super Cup.
At 37 years old, Edwin is still a model of stability and managed to keep his nets “dry” in 23 matches of the season, while United set a club record in the English Championship, conceding only 22 goals during the championship. IN European matches he missed only 3 goals at all, and rightfully won the second gold medal in the Champions League in his distinguished goalkeeping career.
The 2008-09 season once again proved that the acquisition of van der Sar was one of Ferguson's most successful moves in the transfer market. The unfading Dutchman managed not only to successfully hold another football year his career, complete his impressive collection of medals the highest standard, but also to break several goalkeeping records.
The Dutch goalkeeper went 14 straight Premier League games from 8 November 2008 to 4 March 2009, which was 1311 minutes, which was not only a Premier League record, but also surpassed several other English records for goalkeepers, and elevated Edwin to 6 -th line of the world rating of "impenetrability" of goalkeepers.
21 times in the course of the English championship, Edwin left his goal “dry” and rightfully became the owner of the Golden Gloves Premier League prize, which is awarded to the goalkeeper for this achievement and was included at the end of the year in the England championship team.
After breaking a finger and injuring his wrist in a pre-season game against Bayern, van der Sar missed the start of the 2009-10 season and made his first appearance only on 17 October in a 2-1 win against Bolton. But it was only one of his five starts until mid-January, as an injured knee and wife's illness once again prevented him from helping teammates.
Finally returning to the number one position on 16 January against Burnley, which United win 3-0, Edwin becomes Manchester United's oldest player in the post-war era, having entered the field at 39 years and 79 days, and proves that he is more important than ever for the team. His equanimity, composure, experience and amazing reaction are a huge plus for the Red Devils. The defensive five again looks unassailable, and the central figure in this fortress is, of course, van der Sar. Having made 29 appearances for United this season, the Dutchman kept a clean sheet in 14 of them, while becoming the best goalkeeper in the Premier League in terms of the percentage of saved shots on goal (81%).
Despite rumors throughout the season that Edwin is close to completing his brilliant career, he signed a new one-year contract with the team, and for at least one more season, the Dutchman's fans and teammates need not worry about the last frontier.
Although his debut in the national team was, to put it mildly, not very successful. After a series of superb performances for Ajax in the Champions League, then-Orange manager Guus Hiddink selected Van der Sar in June 1995 for a European Championship qualifier against Belarus. However, there was a huge confusion. The Dutch lost in Minsk, and Sergei Gerasimets scored the only goal after Van der Sar's mistake. Five years later, all this - the loss of the Dutch to the Belarusians and Van der Sar's mistake - seems even more unrealistic.
Unlike most Ajax players in the mid-90s, Van der Cap is not a graduate of the club's famous football school. He started playing in the amateur team "Noordwijk", and got to Amsterdam in 1989 thanks to the friendship of the coach of "Noordwijk" Ruud Bring with Louis van Gaal. Four years after Stanley Menzo's several blunders in the UEFA Cup quarter-final against Auxerre, Van der Sar had a chance to win a place in the starting line-up, which he used brilliantly. Largely thanks to Van der Sar, Ajax won the Champions League, the Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup in the mid-90s, and also had no equal in the Dutch championship for three years in a row. However, after the decisions of the European Court in the Bosman case, the great team fell apart. Van der Cap, by the way, stayed in Amsterdam the longest. It wasn't until a year ago that he finally decided to change the scene.
Many leading European clubs claimed the Dutch goalkeeper, including Manchester United, who were looking for a replacement for Peter Schmeichel. Van der Cap chose Juventus. "I decided to go to Italy because I really enjoy learning about other cultures and there isn't much difference between Holland and England. But that doesn't mean I don't like the Premier League. Maybe I'll have time to play in England...More important everything for me was to be in a great club... Juventus is without a doubt one of the greatest clubs in Europe."
In Turin, Van der Cap got used to it very quickly. Juventus have conceded just 20 goals in 34 league games, far fewer than any other team, and it's not the goalkeeper's fault that the Turints missed the Scudetto. Nevertheless, Van der Cap admits that the first season in Italy was not as easy for him as it might seem at first glance. "Goalkeeping tasks in Italy and Holland differ significantly. In Holland, entertainment is as important as the result, and therefore creative functions are assigned to everyone, including goalkeepers. In Italy, the result is the only criterion, and for goalkeepers the most important thing is reliability"...
general information
Nickname: Van der Seive
Was born: October 29, 1970 (aged 37) Voorhout, The Netherlands
Citizenship:Netherlands
Height: 197 cm
Weight: 83 kg
Position: Goalkeeper
Club information
Club: Manchester United
Number: 1
Career
Club career
1990-1999
Ajax Amsterdam 226 (1)
1999-2001
Juventus 66 (0)
2001-2005
Fulham 127 (0)
2005-
Manchester United 105 (0)
National team
1995- Netherlands 128 (0)
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Van der Sar returned to the national team
Renowned goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar, who retired from the Dutch national team after EURO 2008, is returning to the national team, according to uefa.com. However, the goalkeeper immediately warned that he took this step only because in the next matches with Iceland and Norway, the Dutch simply had no one to stand.
Van der Sar played his last, 128th, match on the international arena in the quarter-finals of EURO 2008 against the Russian team (1:3). Before home fights with the Icelanders and Norwegians, the main goalkeeper of the Dutch, Maarten Stekelenburg, was injured, and another goalkeeper of the national team, Henk Timmer, has not yet recovered from a groin injury. So the Manchester United goalkeeper had to come to the rescue, because for Michel Worm this is generally the first call-up to the national team.
"I was surprised by the challenge. I did not expect to be able to return, but at the same time I did not want to leave the national team. However, this does not mean that the next time I will accept the invitation again. Bert van Marwijk said that this is just a matter of one case. I I will play only two matches, and after the duel with the Norwegians I will definitely leave," said van der Sar.
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Van der Sar: I didn't expect to come back
Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has said he does not intend to return to the national team on a permanent basis.
"It was difficult to refuse. I was a part of this team for a long time and always felt a sense of responsibility. I thought not only of personal interest, but always cared about the goals of the team. To be honest, I was surprised. I did not expect to have to return. However, this is not means that I intend to repeat this. Bert said that this is just one time. Two matches, and that's it. After the game with Norway, I will finish my performance in the national team, "said van der Sar.
Edwin van der Sar: "The match with Norway will be the last in the national team"
Manchester United and Holland goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, who qualifying matches The 2010 World Cup against Iceland and Norway will replace the injured Marten Stekelenburg, said he did not intend to return to the national team on a permanent basis.
“It was hard to refuse. I have been part of this team for a long time and have always felt a sense of responsibility. I thought not only about personal interest, but always cared about the goals of the team.
To be honest, I was surprised. Didn't expect to be back. However, this does not mean that I intend to repeat this. Bert said it was just one time. Two matches and that's it. After the game with Norway, I will finish my performance in the national team ", - quotes van der Sar official website of UEFA.
Edwin van der Sar: "Russia has excellent chances in the semi-finals"
Holland goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, after the defeat in the match with Russia in the quarterfinals of Euro 2008 (1:3), told Sports.ru correspondent in Switzerland about the reasons for the team's unsuccessful game.
“We were not able to demonstrate the same level of play as on group stage. The Euro is such a short-lived tournament where you can score nine points in a group and then be knocked out in the quarter-finals.
Russia has excellent chances in the semi-final, no matter who will be its opponent. You have a very fast, technical team that shows beautiful combinational football. There are a few cool players, but their names are very complicated, I can’t pronounce, ”said the Manchester United goalkeeper.
Van der Sar: It was hard to say no
Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has commented on his return to the Dutch national team.
"It was hard to say no," says the goalkeeper. "For a long time I was part of this team, I have a responsibility to my partners and fans. I don't think only about myself, I'm interested in the fate of the team."
"Actually, I was surprised. I did not expect an invitation after I announced my retirement. But this does not mean that next time I will agree. Bert (van Marwijk - Main coach Dutch national team) says that this is just one time. Two matches and that's it. After Norway, I will definitely finish."
Recall that van der Sar finished playing for the national team after Holland's departure from the European Championship, losing to Russia (1:3).
Edwin van der Sar: "We'd better play on artificial turf"
The Manchester United goalkeeper, who repelled the decisive 11-meter shot from Nicolas Anelka, expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of the lawn at Luzhniki in a conversation with a SE correspondent, but reproached UEFA for this, not the Russian side.
The stadium in Moscow is good, - admitted the Dutchman. - The atmosphere in Luzhniki was great, which, unfortunately, I can't say about the field. I slipped before the goal against our goal, the other players couldn't keep their balance either. I don't think it was a good idea for Uefa to try to replace the artificial pitch and lay down the natural pitch at the last moment. I know: Russian people did a lot to make the new lawn turn out to be of high quality. In general, everything related to the match, they organized very well. But next time, I think UEFA should choose arenas where the need to change the field cannot arise at all.
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- The series was won by the whole team, and I just gave her all possible help. After all, much also depended on the strength and accuracy with which the partners hit. And experience may have helped me to repel the last blow. Some instinct suggested that Anelka would shoot right in this corner...
May 23, 2008
At each World Cup, the best teams try to answer one question: who is stronger in the modern world of football, Europe or Latin America. This time you will remember the three best Latin American teams: ball wizards from Brazil, temperamental Argentines and explosive Uruguayans and three best European teams: uncompromising Italians, technical Germans and purposeful Englishmen.
Championship titles:
Brazil - 1958,1962,1970,1994
Argentina - 1978, 1986
Uruguay - 1930.1950
Italy - 1934, 1938, 1982
Germany - 1954,1974,1990
England - 1966
funny football
Book
Author: Price: 99.00 rub. Weight: 100 g
Own goals and mistakes, nerves and emotions, goals scored and conceded, hand-to-hand fights between players and referees, falls and collisions, laughter and tears, the joy of victory and the bitterness of defeat - all this you will see in our unique movie...
