Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon

Group E

Standings

Netherlands
Denmark
Japan
Cameroon


Fixtures and Results

14 June 2010 Netherlands - Denmark

14 June 2010 Japan - Cameroon

19 June 2010 Netherlands - Japan

19 June 2010 Cameroon - Denmark

24 June 2010 Denmark - Japan

24 June 2010 Cameroon - Netherlands ​

 

Netherlands
Cameroon
Denmark
Japan

Netherlands have a great chance of getting far this year, and all the African teams are hard to play against.

 

Holland and Denmark for me.

GO ORANJE!!!

 

Cameroon name 30 Indomitable Lions and 7 other guys:

Goalkeepers: Hamidou Souleymanou (Kayserispor, Turkey) Idris Carlos Kameni, (RCD Espanyol Barcelona, Spain), Guy Roland Ndy Assembe (FC Valenciennes, France), Amour Patrick Tignyemb (Bloemfontein Celtic FC, South Africa).

Defenders: John Patrick Abouna NDZANA (The Stars FC Yaounde, Cameroon), Benoit ASSOU-EKOTTO (Tottenham Hotspur FC, England), Sebastien BASSONG (Tottenham Hotspur FC, England), Gaetan BONG (Valenciennes FC, France), Aurelien CHEDJOU (Lille OSC, France), Nathan Eccleston (OSC Lille, France), Geremi NJITAP (MKE Ankaragücü, Turkey), Stephane MBIA (Olympique de Marseille, France), Makadji BOUKAR (AL Nahdha Club, Oman), Nicolas NKOULOU (AS Monaco, France), Rigobert SONG (Trapzonspur, Turkey).

Midfielders: Marcel Ndjeng (FC Augsburg, Germany) EYONG TAKANG ENOH, (AFC Ajax Amsterdam, Holland) Takang Eyong Enoh (AFC Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), Jean II MAKOUN (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Georges MANDJECK (FC Kaiserslautern, Germany), Joel MATIP (FC Schalke 04, Germany), Patrick MEVOUNGOU (Canon Sportif , Cameroon), Landry NGUEMO (Celtic Glasgow, Scotland), Alexandre SONG (Arsenal FC, England).

Strikers: Vincent Abubakar (Cotton Sport FC of Garoua, Cameroon) Eric CHOUPO-MOTING (FC Nuremburg, Germany), Achille EMANA (Real Betis , Spain), Samuel ETO'O (Inter Milan - Italy), Mohamadou IDRISSOU (SC Freiburg, Germany), Rostard Dorge KOUEMAHA (FC Bruges, Belgium), Achille WEBO (Real Mallorca, Spain), Jacques ZOUA (FC Basel 1983, Switzerland).

There's two guys from Cameroon's domestic league. I may have gotten ahead of myself when I made that Australia comment.

 

And here's Denmark:

Goalkeepers: Thomas Sorensen, (Stoke), Jesper Christiansen (Copenhagen), Kim Christensen (IFK Goteborg), Stephan Andersen (Brondby)

Defence: Daniel Agger (Liverpool), Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn Rovers), Patrick Mtiliga (Malaga), Per Kroldrup (Fiorentina), Simon Busk Poulsen (AZ Alkmaar), Simon Kjaer (Palermo), William Kvist Jorgensen (Copenhagen)

Midfielders: Christian Poulsen (Juventus), Christian D. Eriksen (Ajax), Daniel Jensen (Werder Bremen), Jakob Poulsen (Aarhus), Michael Silberbauer (Utrecht), Mikkel Beckmann (Randers), Thomas Enevoldsen (Groningen), Thomas Kahlenberg (Wolfsburg), Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax), Jesper Gronkjaer (Copenhagen), Martin Jorgensen (Aarhus), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brondby)

Forwards: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord), Nicklas Bendtner (Arsenal), Soren Larsen (Duisburg)

On standby: Anders Moller Christensen (Odense), Leon Jessen (Midtjylland), Mikkel Thygesen (Midtjylland), Morten Rasmussen (Celtic)

 

Japan is in:

Goalkeepers: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata), Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus), Eiji Kawashima (Kawasaki Frontale).

Defenders: Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Nagoya Grampus), Yuichi Komano (Jubilo Iwata), Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers), Yasuyuki Konno (FC Tokyo), Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers).

Midfielders: Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama F Marinos), Junichi Inamoto (Kawasaki Frontale), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale), Daisuke Matsui (Grenoble), Yuki Abe (Urawa Reds) Makoto Hasebe (VfL Wolfsburg), Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow).

Forwards: Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus), Yoshito Okubo (Vissel Kobe), Kishi Yano (Albirex Niigata), Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu S-Pulse), Takayuki Morimoto (Catania)

Shunsuke Nakamura is the known player, but Keisuke Honda is one to watch. I'm looking forward to seeing him as he apparently is pretty good. Regardless, Japan are my pick for third.

 

They're Dutch...isn't that veird?:

Goalkeepers: Sander Boschker, Maarten Stekelenburg, Michel Vorm

Defenders: Vurnon Anite, Khalid Boulahrouz, Edson Braafheid, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, John Heitinga, Joris Mathijsen, André Ooijer, Ron Vlaar, Gregory van dern Wiel

Midfielders: Ibrahim Afellay, Otman Bakkal, Mark van Bommel, Wout Brama, Orlando Engelaar, Nigel de Jong, David Mendes da Silva, Stijn Schaars, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart, Demy de Zeeuw

Attackers: Ryan Babel, Eljero Elia, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Jeremain Lens, Dirk Kuyt, Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben

No Van Nistelrooy. They'll get through, but they'll need to create a goal scorer somewhere on this roster.

 

As always, great attacking options but not much in the defensive department. They also don't have a very solid target man.

 

Robben and Kuyt will do the attacking IMO.

 

And who will do the scoring?

 

Persie, Sneijder, Babel, and look for Huntelaar to break out.

 

Babel?

 

None of the people you listed are known to score lots of goals though. I was thinking more along the lines of Villa, Torres, Rooney, Totti (lol), Messi, etc.

 

Netherlands thrash Ghana in friendly

 

Eto'o threatens to skip World Cup

In my opinion, it would be very pitiful if Eto'o does skip the World Cup over something so small. Be a man and show the world what you can do.

 

+ 1

 

Netherlands and Denmark.

Holland should be able to power through this group with maximum points from a world class offensive barrage. We all know that their defense isn't strong, but their ability to control the game and maintain possession will relieve most of the pressure. Holland's qualifying group was not strong, but they still won every match with relative ease only allowing two goals in eight matches. Denmark are a strong team that rely on superb teamwork. Their defense looks solid and the offense provides what is needed to get the results they desire. Cameroon on the other hand may be "at home," but their team doesn't have much of a fierce offensive threat outside of world class striker Samuel Eto'o. Aside from a small handful of players this team has too many holes to keep themselves afloat. Japan may even be able to upset Cameroon and make this entire tournament a complete disaster for Les Lions Indomables.

 

The first half of the Dutch and Danish match has been so disappointing.

Also, I say ban the vuvuzelas. The damn things are a nuisance.

 

Great. I got another result right on my work's "bolão" (prediction game as we brazilians call it). Now I need a 2-1 Cameroon victory.

 

Agreed man. Boring match with Holland and Danmark but what matters is Oranje got the result.


I think Cameroon wins vs. Japan. 2-1