Soccer: England and the Netherlands draw 2-2 in friendly Amsterdam match
In the first half England's team was given a lesson by the Dutch Orange team in the art of keeping possession of the ball. As a result the first goal by the Netherlands was a killer for England, when Holland's Kuyt intercepted a loose ball from England's Terry and calmly dropped the ball in the goal after a few dribbles. In the rest of the first half the Dutch continued to menace the English team. England was no where and the Netherlands impressed with their fast "tick-tack" game. Their second goal arrived after England's Barry lost the ball to Robben, who raced through the middle and passed it to Van der Vaart who drilled the ball in.
Unfortunately for the Netherlands, their fortune did not last in the second half, mainly because England's trainer is the famous Italian coach Capello. He replaced poorly playing Beckham by Michael Carrick. As a result, the whole English team seemed to get a lift after the half time. This resulted in two excellent goals by Defoe one right after the break and the equalizer at the 76th minute.
Overall it was a nice high scoring open game with the Netherlands probably slightly better and more agile than England, but England showing that they too are a quality team which knows how to fight hard when they need to come from behind.
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