Apologies to our female readers, but while Euro 2004 is on, they'll be more football chat that perhaps is necessary.
Tonight Germany take on Holland in a match that's sure to be either a cracker or a turgid waste of time. Anyway, I thought I would feature some classic Dutch-German encounters here.
The first one up is the 1974 World Cup Final where Johan Cruyff became perhaps the best ever player to fail to win a World Cup.
Earlier in this tournament Holland also met East Germany.
On their way to winning the 1980 European Championships in Italy West Germany played Holland in the group stages defeating them by 3 goals to 2.
In the 1988 European Championships in West Germany, Holland win the tournament defeating the Germans 2-1 in the Semi-final with Marco van Basten hitting a last minute winner.
In the World Cup of 1990 the teams met again with West Germany running out 2-1 winners. However the game is best remembered for the incident between former Dutch boss Frank Rijkaard and current German charge Rudi Voller.
This from The Observer:
Rijkaard spits in Voller's mullet Milan, 24 June 1990
Having narrowly missed the German striker's silver mullet once already, Frank Rijkaard's second projectile of phlegm found its target. The spat that led to the spit had been building from the moment that Rijkaard upended Rudi Voller after 20 minutes of Holland's second-round World Cup match against Germany. Moments later, an emotional Voller lunged into a challenge on Dutch keeper Hans van Breukelen at the ensuing free-kick. Rijkaard took exception and, after a melee, the pair were sent off. It was then that the Dutchman's second phlegm missile found its target and hung from Voller's hair like a bauble. The incident brought new meaning to the phrase 'early bath'.
It's Sweden in 1992 and Holland meet the now reunified Germany. Holland run out 3-1 winners with Jurgen Klinsmann bagging the consolation for the Germans.
• The last time Germany beat the Dutch was 1-0 win in a friendly match on 24 April 1996. This also marks the last time Holland failed to score against the Germans.
• The last meeting was a friendly in November 2002 which the Dutch won 3-1 in Gelsenkirchen.
Tuesday 15 June 2004
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That was the dullest thing I ever read. However, I have on my lap a copy of the Fringe Festival Magazine. Not quite so dull reading. Big Doug is playing Edinburgh Comedy Room, The Tron, Hunter Square, Royal Mile. Tickets £8. The booking line opens on Monday 21st. Unless I hear from you to the contrary, I'm getting three tickets for the Saturday night gig, 28th August.
Fraser, have you got past the jungle ruins yet? More stealth required?
"Apologies to our female readers..."
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