Bert van Marwijk has confirmed his 23-man squad to represent the Netherlands at the 2012 UEFA European Football Championships, and with the announcement also confirmed the panel of players he will pick from when Northern Ireland visit the Amsterdam Arena on Saturday for a friendly.
As Michael O’Neill and his players prepare themselves for a visit to the home of the 2010 World Cup finalists, there is little in the way of news coming out of the squad. And that is very much a good thing ahead of the clash with the Netherlands.
Michael O’Neill has named a much changed 24-man squad for his second game in charge of Northern Ireland. With a handful of regular names ruled out of travelling, there are number of exciting additions to the squad for the clash with the Netherlands.
With the European domesitc season over and Northern Ireland players not headed for Euro 2012, all attention has now been turned towards next season. For a very lucky few in the Northern Ireland set-up, they are already sure of what their club will be. For quite a few others, the next couple of weeks will be crucial as they were only able to sign 12 month contracts this time last year.
Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill has challenged the players in the under-21 squad to force their way into his plans following their 1-0 defeat to Macedonia yesterday.
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