Profile: "Souls" of The Orange Netherlands

The Netherlands has players with pretty good attack characteristic. Total Football philosophy followed by the Dutch is supported by the best midfielders they have.

Strength

Have sharp strikers. Both Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Robin van Persie are top scorers in the German Bundesliga and the Premier League. Many options in the middle. Free kick expert. If there's free kick near the penalty area, there are many choices to be the executors, Sneijder, Arjen Robben, or Robin van Persie. A disciplined defensive midfielder. Mark van Bommel was slow, but he has the ability to read the game to break the opponent's attack. 

Weaknesses

Slow central defender. Although only conceded eight goals during the Euro 2012 qualifiers, the Dutch defense are still doubted. Difficulty of integrating the two strikers is also crucial problem needed to be solved immediately.

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Arjen Robben
Arjen Robben is a  midfielder who has speed and power that destroys the opponent's defense. His strength is in his left leg. His dribbling ability is above average often makes his opponents face difficulty to stop him. The player who has good speed and acceleration, dubbed the "Glass Man" because he is easily affected by injury.

Arjen Robben is one of the key players of Dutch Orange team, advanced to the finals at the 2010 World Cup, although they had lost by Spain in the peak phase. Arjen Robben was born in Bedum, Netherlands on January 23, 1984.

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Robin Van Persie
Has a keen instinct to score that made him feared by opponents' defenders. A left-handed striker who has full name Robin van Persie started his early football career with the club Excelsior. Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on August 6, 1983.

With great speed and skill, he can change a game quickly. He is technically very well with the vision to break up opposition defenses. Van Persie is a highly skilled player.

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Wesley Sneijder

The specialties of Wesley Sneijder are his accuracy and great free kick shooting. Currently, he plays for Italian club Internazionale Milano, Sneijder gave a phenomenal performance at Inter Milan, by delivering treble winners: the Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Champions League in 2010.

Sneijder has fast, robust and reliable with the ability to shoot the ball from outside the penalty area accurately. Can play with both feet.

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Mark Van Bommel

Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel or more often called Mark Van Bommel is a professional football player from Netherlands. He was born on 22 April 1977 in Maasbracht, The Netherlands.He plays at the midfield position. He was also one of the Dutch national team member.

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Profile: The "Backbones" of Les Blues France

Though it was abandoned by Zinedine Zidane, the French national team appearance in the international arena is still awesome. Escaped from the arena of Euro 2012 qualifying as winner of group is indisputable evidence.

Strength
Many "pillars" of France squad play in three elite leagues in Europe, Premier League, England, La Liga, Spain  and Bundesliga, Germany.
Therefore, more or less they know and learn the style of those countries.

Weaknesses
There are many also new faces in France squad who are still "green", less experienced, in International tournament.

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Karim Benzema
Benzema is typical of an effective striker, has above average skill, and good scoring instincts are the excesses of this 24-year-old striker. Karim Benzema was born in Lyon, France, on December 19, 1987.

His prowess as a striker is undoubted. Some say his playing techniques is like Thierry Henry. The ability to outwit his opponent almost equal to Nicolas Anelka. In addition, he also expertly headed like David Trezeguet. Surprisingly he is often called the new Zinedine Zidane. 

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Franck Ribéry
The player who plays as a midfielder, has speed and skill above the average, makes a lot of big European clubs are interested in obtaining his services.

His expertise in delivering scalable passing ability makes this 29-year-old player is still chosen as the backbone of the attack on the French national team at Euro 2012 Poland-Ukraine. By the French media, he is named as the successor to the legendary Les Bleus, Zinedine Zidane.

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Samir Nasri
Quiet style of play and the ball dribling above average are the excesses of this 23-year-old midfielder. Samir Nasri was born in Marseille, France, June 26, 1987.

The nickname 'le Petit Prince' (the Little Prince) is also named to Nasri for his ability to score in crucial moments.

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Florent Malouda
Florent Johan Malouda or more commonly known as Florent Malouda was a professional football player who came from France. He was born on June 13, 1980 in Cayenne, French Guyana.

With excellent physical ability to make him easy to break through the player and the opponent's goal. He started playing since Euro 2004.

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Patrice Evra

The ability to read the strategy of his opponent and overlapping to attack always are some of his "plus". He is an experience defender. Therefore his contribution in Poland-Ukraine has been long awaited by France coach Laurent Blanc. With myriad of both individual and club awards, Evra becomes the mainstay of the France in the back line.



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Profile: The Pillars of El Matador Spain

In UEFA EURO 2012, Spain becomes the favorite candidate to win the game.

Strength
El Matador, the nickname of Spain, has great players, who mostly have skills on the above average, in all lines. Who would doubt the mentality of the team winning last two major events, Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010.  This Champion mentality owned by the Spain squad places them as one of the strongest champion candidate of this tournament.

Weaknesses
El Clasico rivalry, the disharmony of Barcelona and Real Madrid players haunts La Furia Roja (also the official nickname of Spain) since the majority of Spain players are from those two clubs. If this rivalry can not be eliminated from each players, the ambition to be the first country to win Euro in two tournaments reportedly (back to back champions) will be difficult to realize.
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Fernando Torres

Torres was born in Fuenlabrada, Spain, March 20, 1984. Player who has full name Fernando José Torres Sanz, starts his early footballing career in Atlético de Madrid Club. Blessed with qualified skills and good instinct in scoring goals, makes ​​him feared by Spain rivals' defenders.

The player nicknamed EL Nino has scored three goals in the 2006 World Cup championship for the Spain national team. Torres also helped Spain to achieve their victory at Euro 2008 when he scored a single goal which made Spain as the winner in the final match against Germany.

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Xavi Hernandez

Xavi is the regulator or the General of the midfield, both in the Spanish national football team and Barcelona. Having great vision to play and great passing that spoil the strikers are the excess of this 31 years old player. The player who has full name Xavier Hernández Creus, was born in Terrassa, Spain, January 25, 1980.

Despite having an disadvantage in terms of posture, Xavi covers it with the ability to maintain and regulate the rhythm of the team. The greatness and superiority of Spain and Barcelona mastering trophies in many championships can not be separated from his role as a playmaker.

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Andres Iniesta

Iniesta has very complete skills. He has great technique as well as strong will to work hard for his team. In addition, his dribling, flexibility, vision and tranquility become the excess of this Barcelona midfielder.

Iniesta played an important role in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, thanks to his goal he was able to bring Spain to be world champion. He also had a great role in taking up Spain as the winner of Euro 2008 in Switzerland and Austria.

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Sergio Ramos

Sergio Ramos, is one of the key players at the Spanish national football team in winning the 2010 World Cup. Has a high discipline and diligently helps the attack are the excess of this 25 years old defender.

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Iker Casillas
Good response and positioning make him indispensable in both the Spanish national football team as well as in Madrid. A goalkeeper who is nicknamed as "Saint Iker", is one of the key figures in bringing El Matador wins the World Cup 2010.

In addition, one record that was achieved by Casillas was he successfully listed his name as one of the most often player in defending his country in the international tournaments surpassing the record of Andoni Zubizarreta who had played for El Matador as a Captain for 126 times

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