Sweden vs Netherlands Live Streams and TV Channels

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Australia	ESPN Australia, ESPN3 Australia
Bahamas	ESPN 2 Caribbean
Barbados	ESPN 2 Caribbean
Bolivia	ESPN + Andina
Caribbean	ESPN 2 Caribbean
Chile	ESPN + Andina
Colombia	ESPN + Andina
Ecuador	ESPN + Andina
New Zealand	ESPN3 Australia
Peru	ESPN + Andina
South Africa	SuperSport 5
Trinidad and Tobago	ESPN 2 Caribbean
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Sweden vs Netherlands Delayed and Repeat Broadcasts

Country	Date/Time (US/Eastern)	Channel
United States	Wed, Oct 12 11:00am	ESPN Deportes
Argentina	Tue, Oct 11 15:00pm	ESPN + Sur
	Wed, Oct 12 0:30am	ESPN Cono Sur
Australia	Tue, Oct 11 19:00pm	ESPN Australia
	Wed, Oct 12 6:00am	ESPN2 Australia
	Wed, Oct 12 22:00pm	ESPN2 Australia
Barbados	Tue, Oct 11 22:00pm	ESPN Caribbean
	Wed, Oct 12 3:00am	ESPN 2 Caribbean
Bolivia	Wed, Oct 12 0:30am	ESPN Latin America Andina
British Virgin Islands	Tue, Oct 11 22:00pm	ESPN Caribbean
Caribbean	Tue, Oct 11 22:00pm	ESPN Caribbean
	Wed, Oct 12 3:00am	ESPN 2 Caribbean
Chile	Wed, Oct 12 0:30am	ESPN Latin America Andina
Dominican Republic	Wed, Oct 12 6:00am	ESPN DOS
	Fri, Oct 14 13:00pm	ESPN DOS
Ecuador	Tue, Oct 11 17:00pm	ESPN Cono Norte
	Thu, Oct 13 16:30pm	ESPN Cono Norte
Guatemala	Wed, Oct 12 6:00am	ESPN DOS
	Fri, Oct 14 13:00pm	ESPN DOS
Jamaica	Tue, Oct 11 22:00pm	ESPN Caribbean
Mexico	Wed, Oct 12 6:00am	ESPN DOS
	Fri, Oct 14 13:00pm	ESPN DOS
Panama	Wed, Oct 12 6:00am	ESPN DOS
	Fri, Oct 14 13:00pm	ESPN DOS
South Africa	Tue, Oct 11 16:15pm	SuperSport Maximo, SuperSport 3
	Wed, Oct 12 4:10am	SuperSport Maximo
	Wed, Oct 12 10:40am	SuperSport 3
	Thu, Oct 13 6:40am	SuperSport 3
	Thu, Oct 13 9:10am	SuperSport Maximo
	Thu, Oct 13 19:00pm	SuperSport Maximo
	Fri, Oct 14 5:40am	SuperSport Maximo
Trinidad and Tobago	Tue, Oct 11 22:00pm	ESPN Caribbean
	Wed, Oct 12 3:00am	ESPN 2 Caribbean
United Kingdom	Wed, Oct 12 7:15am	ESPN UK / HD
	Wed, Oct 12 19:00pm	ESPN UK / HD
Uruguay	Tue, Oct 11 15:00pm	ESPN + Sur
	Wed, Oct 12 0:30am	ESPN Cono Sur
Venezuela	Tue, Oct 11 17:00pm	ESPN Venezuela
	Thu, Oct 13 16:30pm	ESPN Venezuela
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Sweden vs Netherlands Match Preview

Together with Germany and Spain the Netherlands are still on track to record a perfect qualifying campaign. France (2004) and Czech Republic (2000) are the only countries to have recorded a perfect qualifying campaign in the history of the European Championships. In their penultimate qualifying match against Moldova the Dutch were not able to give their home crowd the expected football show. Thanks to a Klaas-Jan Huntelaar goal they grabbed a slim 1-0 victory. The Schalke 04 striker equaled Johan Cruijff’s record for all-time Dutch top scorer in European Qualifying matches with 12 goals.

The win against Moldova marked Bert van Marwijk’s 31st victory as Dutch national team manager. He equaled Dick Advocaat in third place. Only Marco van Basten (35 , 2004-2008) and Bob Glendenning (37, 1923-1940) won more. Since the World Cup Final versus Spain, Holland are unbeaten in 14 matches (11 wins). The Dutch record was set just ahead of this 2010 World Cup final with 25 games without defeat (20 wins).

As far as Mark van Bommel is concerned the Dutch will continue their winning streak. “This team always sees a challenge, even if there’s nothing at stake. We want to keep focused, despite the fact that some important players are injured.” Amongst those injured players are Wesley Sneijde, Arjen Robben and goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.

Sweden are on course to become the best number two in the Euro 2012 qualification campaign, but they need a win to secure that position. Other contenders to qualify as best number two are Denmark, Portugal or Norway from Groupe H, Croatia from Group F and Russia and Ireland from Group B. If Sweden win they are sure to qualify as best number two, with a draw they will depend on a lot of other results and with a loss they have to try and qualify in the play-offs against another number two.

Winning against the Dutch is tough, and it gets even more difficult without Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The AC Milan striker is suspended and will probably be replaced by Ola Toivonen, who plays for PSV in the Netherlands. Van Bommel, who plays with Ibrahimovic at AC Milan his team mate’s absence. “It’s a pity. We want to play against string opponents and Zlatan had so many qualities, he can make any team better.”

Sweden vs Netherlands Match Report

“It was a crazy match. Sweden is celebrating, the players are celebrating”, said Ola Toivonen overjoyed after the win.

The Swedish PSV-striker handed his country the victory, when he scored 3-2 in the 53rd minute. The Netherlands congratulated their opponents, but left the pitch a bit frustrated.

“We completely dominated the match. It’s disappointing to lose this way ”, Rafael van der Vaart said.

The Dutch saw most of the ball against a very defensive opponent, but they did not manage to create many scoring opportunities. Sweden did not mind the Dutch possession. Toivonen:

“When we played the Dutch in Amsterdam we played a more open game and we were slaughtered 4-1. We did not want to play that naïve again. We wanted them to have the ball. As long as they had possession in the midfield, we were fine.”

Sweden had hardly crossed the halfway line before Kim Källström took the ball for a free kick at 20 meters from the Dutch goal in the 14the minute, but the Olympique Lyon midfielder scored with a fast and precise shot in the upper corner. The Dutch did not seem to be bothered and continued their passing game, which resulted in the 1-1 in the 22nd minute.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar headed home an Erik Pieters cross from the left wing. It marked Huntelaar’s 30th international goal and he became the seventh Dutch player to reach this milestone. The Schalke 04 striker ended the 2012 qualifying campaign as top scorer with 12 goals. Only Davor Suker (12, 1996) and David Healy (13, 2008) recorded at least 12 goals in a single Euro qualifying campaign.

In the 50th minute Dirk Kuyt seemed to end all Swedish hopes when he headed home a rebound, when Robin van Persie did not manage to beat goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson to finish a off a beautiful Rafael van der Vaart pass.

However the 2-1 did not mark the end of Sweden’s dreams. Before the Dutch woke up from celebrating their goal Sweden was allowed a penalty kick because of a joris Mathijsen hand ball in the box. Sebastian Larsson converted the sport kick, which did not seem to wake up the Netherlands. One minute later the Dutch were caught sleeping again at a Swedish throw in. Johan Elmander’s deflected cross got to Toivonen, who did not hesitate to shoot: 3-2.

Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk blamed his players for sloppy defending:

“We dominated the game but we gave away three goals. This match proves how we have improved over the past years. The way they played against us, says a lot about our strength. Playing like this we would win this match 19 out of 20 times.”

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