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...Euro 2008 headed into the knockout phase, the biggest question is whether anyone, least of all Russia, could stop Holland? Marco van Basten's team has swept passed Italy, France and Romania without stopping, which is pretty much the way its midfield plays. Van Basten has a red-hot Wesley Sneijder leading the attack, and the prospect of Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie coming off the bench has to frighten any opposing defenders. And Ruud van Nistelrooy at his goal poaching best. That may be too much for its next foe, Russia. The Russians were another...
...only Brazilian defenders who enter the pantheon of greats are those such as Junior and Roberto Carlos, remembered not for the goals they prevented but for those they scored on joining the attack. Dutch legend status, by contrast, is shared by strikers such as Johan Cruyff and Marco Van Basten, midfielders Johan Neeskens and Ruud Guullit, and defenders such as Ruud Krol and Frank Rijkaard...
...best showing for the Crimson was made by Ed Miller, captain of the team, who won his epee specialty twice, and lost only once to Basten of the Connecticut team. Miller defeated Wadman, 2-0 and Roudakoff, 2-0. H. B. Holcombe, captain of the Yale team which succumbed to the Crimson Varsity by the narrow margin of 14-13 last year, led Hartford to triumph by winning three straight folls matches and who out of three matches at the sabres...
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