Oversleeping Babel loses place in Holland team

• anhydrouscoppersulphate

  15 Oct 07, 01:25

  Oversleeping Babel loses place in Holland team
  
  Liverpool's Ryan Babel was omitted from Holland's team for Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifier with Romania because of oversleeping, according to Oranje coach Marco van Basten.
  
  Van Basten picked Real Madrid's Arjen Robben in place of Babel as a punishment after the Anfield player twice missed team meetings.
  
  Van Basten said: 'It was the second time that Babel overslept on a match day. That should never happen.
  
  'That's why I left him out of the team. Robben trained hard and he is fit, so he played instead.'
  
  The Holland coach admitted Babel might feel deflated by the snub.
  
  He said: 'It is very well possible that Babel feels disappointed. It is also not my style to handle these kinds of things this way. But we also expect that players obey rules during a match.
  
  'The first time that he arrived too late, he settled the matter with a joke. The second time he joined us too late for the meal and that was a bit too much. He has to appear on time, just like all the others.'
  
  Babel, 20, came into the match in the 78th-minute as substitute for Robben but could not prevent the Dutch from losing 1-0 to Romania in a clash between the two group leaders in Group G. Dorin Goian scored the only goal of the game.
  
  Romania need five points from their last three games to be sure of qualifying for Euro 2008 while Holland are only two points ahead of third-placed Bulgaria.
  
• speakupforyourrights

  15 Oct 07, 01:26

  oversleep
• gunner77

  15 Oct 07, 01:29

  wat the hell...
• glacer

  15 Oct 07, 12:03

  Robben can get the place in Holland team even if Babel did not oversleep
• dbowie

  15 Oct 07, 12:03

  wad did he do at nite ??
• Parka

  15 Oct 07, 12:08

  Good move by the manager. Shows people that one person doesn't make the team.
• turbo_drift

  15 Oct 07, 14:14

  What the ...
• Slipshade

  16 Oct 07, 20:32

  Good for van Basten. Babel is already showing such arrogance and disrespect at this early stage of his career, cannot allow him to go on thinking he's boss.
• Deunamist

  16 Oct 07, 20:48

  Muahahahhaahah well done Marco.
• Resentment

  16 Oct 07, 21:01

  i still think robben is better than babel.
• iceFatboy

  17 Oct 07, 11:13

  Originally posted by Slipshade:

  Good for van Basten. Babel is already showing such arrogance and disrespect at this early stage of his career, cannot allow him to go on thinking he's boss.

  discipline is key.
  
  some think because they achieve small things, they can swim with the big fishes..
  good to wake up their ideas.
• SumOne

  17 Oct 07, 22:38

  What a way to lose your place in the team.
• ghimpheng

  18 Oct 07, 19:13

  Originally posted by Resentment:

  i still think robben is better than babel.

  Robben is regular 1st team holland player
  
  babel still long way to go to even compare to Robben
  
  
• ultimate_s&l

  17 Nov 07, 12:56

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