Back Holland @
11/1 to win the
World Cup......6/5
to win
Group C......
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Back Ivory Coast @
100/1 to win the
World Cup......20/1
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Dutch goalkeeper
Edwin van der Sar has a slight calf strain but is expected to play.
Playmaker Rafael van der Vaart fully fit after ankle problem.
Holland :
coach Marco van Basten
Goalkeepers:
1 VAN DER SAR Edwin(Manchester Utd., ENG), 22 TIMMER Henk(AZ Alkmaar,
NED), 23 STEKELENBURG Maarten(Ajax, NED)
Defenders: 2 JALIENS Kew(AZ Alkmaar, NED), 3 BOULAHROUZ Khalid(Hamburger
SV, GER), 4 MATHIJSEN Joris(AZ Alkmaar, NED),
5 VAN BRONCKHORST Giovanni(Barcelona, ESP), 12 KROMKAMP Jan(Liverpool,
ENG), 13 OOIJER Andre(PSV Eindhoven, NED), 14 HEITINGA John(Ajax, NED), 15 DE CLER Tim(AZ
Alkmaar, NED)
Midfielders: 6 LANDZAAT Denn(AZ Alkmaar, NED)y, 8 COCU Phillip(PSV
Eindhoven, NED), 10 VAN DER VAART Rafael(Hamburger SV, GER), 16 MADURO Hedwiges(Ajax,
NED), 18 VAN BOMMEL Mark(Barcelona, ESP), 20 SNEIJDER Wesley(Ajax, NED)
Forwards: 7 KUYT Dirk(Feyenoord, NED), 9 VAN NISTELROOIJ Ruud(Manchester
Utd., ENG), 11 ROBBEN Arjen(Chelsea, ENG),
17 VAN PERSIE Robin(Arsenal, ENG), 19 VENNEGOOR OF HESSELINK Jan(PSV
Eindhoven, NED), 21 BABEL Ryan(Ajax, NED)
Ivory Coast :
coach Henri Michel (French)
Goalkeepers:
1 TIZIE Jean-Jacques(Esperance, TUN), 16 GNANHOUAN Gerard(Montpellier,
FRA, 23 BARRY Boubacar(Beveren, BEL)
Defenders: 2 BOKA Arthur(Strasbourg, FRA), 4 TOURE Kolo(Arsenal,
ENG), 6 KOUASSI Blaise(Troyes, FRA), 12
MEITE Abdoulaye(Marseille, FRA), 13 ZORO Marc(Messina, ITA), 17 DOMORAUD Cyrille(Creteil,
FRA), 21 EBOUE Emmanuel(Arsenal, ENG)
Midfielders: 3 AKALE Kanga(Auxerre, FRA), 5 ZOKORA Didier(Saint-Etienne,
FRA), 7 FAE Emerse(Nantes, FRA), 10
YAPI YAPO Gille(Young Boys, SUI)s, 18 KEITA Kader(Lille, FRA),19 TOURE Yaya(Olympiakos,
GRE), 20 DEMEL Guy(Hamburger SV, GER), 22 ROMARIC(Le Mans, FRA)
Forwards: 8 KALOU Bonaventure(Paris St-Germain, FRA), 9 KONE Arouna(PSV
Eindhoven, NED), 11 DROGBA Didier(Chelsea, ENG),
14 KONE Bakary(Nice, FRA), 15 DINDANE Aruna(Lens, FRA)
Probable
lineups:
Netherlands (4-3-3):
1-Edwin van der Sar (110-0); 14-Johnny Heitinga (19-2), 13-Andre Ooijer
(20-2), 4-Joris Mathijsen (9-0), 5-Giovanni van Bronckhorst (58-3);
18-Mark van Bommel (38-7), 20-Wesley Sneijder (24-5), 8-Philip Cocu
(98-10); 17-Robin van Persie (11-1), 9-Ruud van Nistelrooy (52-27),
11-Arjen Robben (21-7)
Ivory Coast (4-4-2):
1-Jean-Jacques Tizie (25-0); 21-Emmanuel Eboue (12-0), 4-Kolo Toure
(43-1), 3-Arthur Boka (24-1), 12-Abdoulaye Meite (18-0); 5-Didier Zokora
(39-0), 2-Kanga Akale (23-3), 19-Gneri Yaya Toure (15-2), 8-Bonaventure
Kalou (50-11); 18-Abdelkader Keita (27-6), 11-Didier Drogba (33-24)
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