No easy ride for Romanians, Van Basten vows

HOLLAND coach Marco van Basten has promised his team will be fully focused on beating Romania tonight — even though a Dutch defeat would see 2006 World Cup finalists Italy and France dumped out of Euro 2008.

“It’s an interesting match because we are in the good position of having already qualified,” he said. “Nevertheless, I think we want to play a good game so we are taking it seriously.

“We have a very professional group, 23 A internationals who are seriously professional and good players. We will approach the game with the same concentration that we did for the last two games.