PDA

View Full Version : Tonight: Holland vs Romania



InsaneJ
26th March 2013, 13:53
245

Get ready for a whooping Marius :p



The Netherlands will bid to maintain control of Group D by beating Romania, while the hosts are in a three-way struggle for second place.

The Netherlands (http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/fifa/teams/netherlands) may be comfortably top in Group D, but they cannot afford complacency against a Romania side that can be highly dangerous.
The visitors themselves are in a battle with Hungary for second place, and although Turkey are lagging behind in fourth, they have underachieved thus far and could put on a late spurt to take the second spot.
Encouragement for Romania will come in the form of some injuries to key Dutch players, with Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/fifa/players/110493/klaas-jan-huntelaar) out injured along with Galatasaray's Wesley Sneijder (http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/serie-a/players/110487/wesley-sneijder). Tim Krul (http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/epl/players/128834/tim-krul) is also absent, so Kenneth Vermeer, Rafael van der Vaart (http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/epl/players/110489/rafael-van-der-vaart) and Jeremain Lens are all likely starters.
Romania have injuries of their own, however - Ciprian Marica is unavailable, and Dorin Goian is also suspended, which will make a difficult task even tougher.
Match Date\Time: 8:30 p.m. local, 7:30 p.m. UTC, 3:30 p.m. ET
Venue: Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
source (http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2013/3/26/4147464/holland-vs-romania-2013-time-tv-schedule)