International Herald Tribune
The Netherlands have plenty of marquee names in their Euro 2012 squad but they do not have an enforcer in the mould of Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. Approaching his prime at 27, Schweinsteiger's influence was evident again on Wednesday...
The independent
It was Silvestre Varela who saved Cristiano Ronaldo's bacon yesterday in Lviv. The Porto winger, just two years into a stuttering international career, came off the bench to seize a late victory for Portugal over Denmark and preserve their hopes of...
The independent
Suggested Topics There are only some very hard places for the Dutch, the fourth-ranked nation in the world, to turn now. Each one of them tells a story of failure to exploit some quite beautiful talent when it is given the kind of test presented by...
The independent
Suggested Topics In the aftermath of their opening-game defeat to a smash-and-grab Danish goal, the Dutch complained in rather bad grace that the implausible result had been a "miracle". There was nothing miraculous about Germany's dismissal of the...
International Business Times
The Dutch fell two goals behind before the break, thanks to a couple of wonderful strikes from Mario Gomez, after he was released by Bayern Munich teammate Bastian Schweinsteiger on both occasions. Holland pulled a goal back through a venomous strike...
Sydney Morning Herald
Portugal superstar and captain Cristiano Ronaldo hit back at his critics on Wednesday after some fans chanted "Messi, Messi" in allusion to his being outscored in La Liga by Barcelona star Lionel Messi...Photo: AFP But he had a pithy riposte. "Do you...