Does Holland need a miracle Robben recovery?

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It looks like the Dutch soccer team is not going to have to miss master striker Robben from Bayern Munich. Robben, who was voted best player of the German Bundesliga collapsed in the match from The Netherlands against Hungary after making what seemed like a innocent move. Robben, who is infamous for his sensitivity to bad injuries plays a key role in the Dutch soccer team. In the match against Hungary, won by the Dutch with a stunning 6-1, Arjen Robben scored two fabulous goals.

Arjen Robben is part of what the Dutch call “the big four,” which further include Arsenal striker Robin van Persie, Inter midfielder Wesley Sneijder and Real Madrid midfielder Rafael van der Vaart (who seems to get transferred to Manchester United this season). These 4 players are considered the key players of the Netherlands on the upcoming World Championship in South Africa. When Arjen Robben got injured, the hopes of the Dutch people to become the new World Champion went up in smoke so it seemed. A survey in the biggest Dutch newspaper showed that the Dutch see Arjen Robben as the key to victory in the African country.

Holland has very bad memories when it comes to injuries of their key players. In the past, master striker Marco van Basten  even had to give up his career because of a chronic injury, caused by the many vicious attacks on the Dutchman. Like Van Basten, Robben is sometimes subject to attacks from the defense of the opponent. Van Basten had a great teacher in Dutch all-time best player Johan Cruijff, who was a master in avoiding violent attacks on his legs and seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. Yet, when you have the quality of Marco van Basten or Arjen Robben in the game of soccer these days, this is definitely not enough. Intangible for the defense the opponents seem to have no other choice than to foul exceptional players like Arjen Robben.

When Robben recovers in time and if he is able to play in South Africa (scans made in a hospital in Rotterdam brought to light he had a smaller injury of the hamstring then first assumed), the defense of the opponent will use all necessary means to stop Arjen Robben from scoring. Let’s hope (for the game’s sake) they don’t succeed in injuring him that badly, he will not be able to show the audience his incredible skills.

Players like Robben, Argentinian Messi and Ronaldo from Portugal are the ones that people visit a soccer stadium for. Since another master striker is already absent in South Africa (Didier Drogba from Ivory Coast), it would be unfortunate for the soccer fans to miss out on yet another exceptional soccer talent. But just before the beginning of the World Championship most soccer fans seem to have only one thing in their minds: Let the games begin! With the injury of Arjen Robben however, the Dutch people wouldn’t mind postponing it a week or two.

But whatever happens, one thing is crystal clear: the coming 4 weeks the country of South Africa will be the center of the Earth.

 

 

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