Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Play Nice, Ladies

Netherlands striker Robin van Persie has verbally bitch slapped teammate Arjen Robben. Depending on who you ask, Robben was either the hero of the Netherlands 1-0 victory over Serbia & Montenegro, an unstoppable force with the ball at his feet who singlehandedly shredded the Serbs' stingy defense. Or, to some like van Persie, he was a shameless ball hog who hurt the Dutch team by refusing to give the ball up. Here's what van Persie had to say:

"He needs to take his team-mates into account. Sometimes he makes choices that are good for him and not for the team.

"We need to realise we are in this together. We had several chances against Serbia but against the really big countries you maybe get one chance.

"In that situation you have to make the right choice. He can't do it on his own."

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