Ongoing Euro '08 matches. Spoilers included

that first team is just an amateur’s team, not a professional Dutch team. Wenger doing his own scouting at a Dutch amateur’s club is not very credible, but alas. Anyway, you’re right about Van Persie not being right-footed and being sponsored by Adidas, but other than that he’s the Dutch player who comes closest.

I figured it was supposed to be me! And it did get me to go to the NikeSoccer site and look around, so it worked.

I’m thinking that the brunette might be one of the Duff sisters?

How can he be the best player in the world after leaving his German wide open to head in a goal? A critical defensive mistake in a huge game on the world stage disqualifies you from best-in-the-world consideration, I figure. There are strikers who know how to defend, and a guy that tall shouldn’t be losing headers anyway.

It’s me, actually. Guess I’d better lose some weight.

Me too - I did go and sign up for their mailing list for the training stuff because of that ad.

But I wouldn’t be on the Dutch National Team, I guess.