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Xifio;2905587 said:I want van der Vaart to start ... Sneijder, who has been in excellent goalscoring form, is not (and never has been) as good a distributor of the ball as Raffie, and thus isn't that classic #10 who can cleave open the opposition with killer passes ... I don't mean to imply that Sneijder should be benched, but that van der Vaart should start in the middle as the classic #10, with Sneijder allowed the freedom of being a shoot-on-sight midfielder ...
both Spain and Holland will want to possess the ball, and Sneijder is too direct with his approach to be the focal point of passing interchanges that would see the Dutch maintain the lion's share of possession ... Xavi is that man for Spain; Raffie should be that man for Holland ...
I would bench Van Persie (who has been poor up front, and whose only goal was ironically assisted by none other than van der Vaart), and have Kuyt working hard up front ... Sneijder would start on the left, van der Vaart in the middle, and of course Robben on the right ... as the match progresses, all 4 forward players can mix and match their positions for a fluid formation up front ...
I can't see Van Marwijk being that bold, but that is what I think would allow Holland to control possession, and score first -- two keys to win the match ...
Van Marwijk is never going to change things around. He doesn't like doing that and moreover there's no reason too. It will be the same eleven players that played Brazil to start the match.