Player Focus: Van Gaal's Oranje Left-Back Dilemma
by Mohamed Moallim
at Monday, Feb 24 2014 12:31
Daley Blind switching to midfield from defence has given Louis van Gaal some food for thought. Despite an upward trajectory in the heart of midfield for Ajax, Blind remains Oranje's first choice left-back but Van Gaal, as he's shown before, isn't afraid to go against a past assertion.Van Gaal, who r...
Match Focus: Key Creators Go Head to Head as Twente Host Vitesse
by Mohamed Moallim
at Tuesday, Feb 11 2014 12:08
Player Focus: Jóhannsson Excelling in Altidore's Absence
by Mohamed Moallim
at Monday, Jan 27 2014 17:08
Player Focus: Tonny Vilhena - Feyenoord's Latest Young Prodigy
by Mohamed Moallim
at Monday, Jan 20 2014 14:34
Match Focus: PSV and Ajax Resume Rivalry as Eredivisie Returns
by Mohamed Moallim
at Thursday, Jan 16 2014 10:04
Eric Gerets still remembers tasting the hatred every time he faced Ajax. When I arrived at PSV, we broke Ajax's hegemony. I don't think I'm liked very much over there, but I don't like them very much either. Gerets, a tireless right-back who spent seven successful years in Eindhoven, succinctly summ...
League Focus: Eredivisie Team of the Season So Far
by Mohamed Moallim
at Monday, Dec 30 2013 14:13
Team Focus: Impressive Vitesse Asserting Themselves as Title Challengers
by Mohamed Moallim
at Monday, Dec 16 2013 16:07
A year is a long time in football. Heading into the 2012/13 winter break PSV were winterkampioen (winter champion), with everything in place to win a 22nd championship (first since 2008), Vitesse were five points behind in fifth. PSV ultimately fell short, as runners-up to Ajax, whereas Vitesse ende...
Team Focus: Homegrown Talent Key to Ajax's Chances in Milan
by Mohamed Moallim
at Monday, Dec 9 2013 15:12
There was something uplifting about Ajax's win over Barcelona. It rekindled memories of when the Amsterdammers were a force in Europe captivating their opponents and audience with spellbinding football. Outstanding, the Ajax school is very much alive, El Mundo Deportivo wrote. We beat Barcelona with...
Player Focus: Young Wingers Impressing in the Eredivisie
by Mohamed Moallim
at Monday, Dec 2 2013 14:40
Gone are the days of the winger's sole purpose being to hug the touchline, getting chalk on his boot, and delivering cross after cross. In recent years, the art of wing play was becoming a lost one. The role as we know it was becoming an endangered species; no place was it more felt than in the Neth...
Player Focus: The Emergence of Hakim Ziyech at Heerenveen
by Mohamed Moallim
at Monday, Nov 25 2013 16:20