Dutch star Arjen Robben has claimed that there is more to expect from the Netherlands as they have progressed to the knockout stages of the World Cup by winning all of their group matches. Despite being in a tough group containing Spain and Chile, Netherlands made a great start by winning 5-1 against the world champions Spain. This appeared to give them a lot of momentum and they went on to win against Australia and Chile as well. As they prepare to face Mexico in the last 16 stage, Robben says that Netherlands have the potential to play even better.
The Bayern Munich star has been a major reason towards Netherlands winning their three matches. He is one of the top scorers in the tournament with three goals to his name. Robin van Persie, who missed the final match against Chile, also has three goals. This is just one shy of Neymar and Lionel Messi, who both have four goals so far. Robben was criticised for his failure to take important chances in the World Cup 2010 final. This led to Netherlands being beaten 1-0 by Spain and extra time.
Since then, Robben has claimed several trophies and has gone a long way into shaking of the ‘unlucky’ tag. Robben has already had 540 minutes of action at the World Cup.
“If you told me that we’d win our three games to finish top of the group two months ago I’d have been delighted, but I don’t want to end it here. We want to go on. Although we want to enjoy the moment we’ll soon need to start to work hard in training to improve even more. You have to give compliment to both teams, both gave 100 per cent – and although Chile finished second I think they go far in this tournament,” said Robben.