{"id":289167,"date":"2023-09-08T22:37:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T22:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=289167"},"modified":"2023-09-08T22:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T22:37:28","slug":"netherlands-carry-same-threat-as-france-republic-of-irelands-chiedozie-ogbene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/netherlands-carry-same-threat-as-france-republic-of-irelands-chiedozie-ogbene\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands carry same threat as France \u2013 Republic of Ireland\u2019s Chiedozie Ogbene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletter\/football\/football-thumb\/football-thumb.png\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" i-amphtml-layout=\"responsive\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sign up to Miguel Delaney\u2019s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free<\/h3>\n<h3>Sign up to Miguel\u2019s Delaney\u2019s free weekly newsletter <\/h3>\n<h2>Thanks for signing up to the<br \/> Football email<\/h2>\n<p>Chiedozie Ogbene has warned the Republic of Ireland they must expect the Netherlands to be every bit as good as France as they head into Sunday\u2019s do-or-die Euro 2024 qualifier in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Luton frontman and his team-mates were back on home soil on Friday, still licking their wounds after a 2-0 Group B defeat in Paris in which they were subjected to the full armoury at Didier Deschamps\u2019 disposal.<\/p>\n<p>With only three points banked from their first four games \u2013 and those from a 3-0 victory over Gibraltar \u2013 anything less than a win against the Dutch would leave their qualification hopes in tatters.<\/p>\n<p>But asked if they could a least hope Ronald Koeman\u2019s side would not be as powerful as the French, Ogbene said: \u201cI think they will be as good.<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2022\/11\/30\/15\/GettyImages-1388382959%20copy.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2022\/12\/01\/03\/GettyImages-1245251240.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dutch have good experience in this competition. We\u2019ll take nothing for granted. We\u2019ll do our homework and try and get a positive result because that is what we need right now. Any sort of good result to help us control our destiny in this competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing is over until it is over. We like to control our destiny. If we don\u2019t get a positive result, it is out of our hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ireland were taught a brutal lesson at the Parc des Princes by the side ranked second in the world and had to defend for dear life to stay within touching distance.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands are only five places worse off, while Ireland sit in 53rd place in the table and the trip to Paris proved a bruising one.<\/p>\n<p>We all want to qualify for Germany and do well for the nation<\/p>\n<p>However, Ogbene knows there is only so much time to reflect before minds have to focus once again.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt\u2019s difficult for some players because everyone is emotionally engaged in this competition. We all want to qualify for Germany and do well for the nation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/mobile-stores\/Amazon_Prime.svg\" width=\"129\" height=\"56\"><\/p>\n<p>Access unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Amazon Prime Video<\/p>\n<p>Sign up now for a 30-day free trial<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/mobile-stores\/Amazon_Prime.svg\" width=\"129\" height=\"56\"><\/p>\n<p>Access unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Amazon Prime Video<\/p>\n<p>Sign up now for a 30-day free trial<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not as easy as it says, just to move on to Sunday. We have to do it. We have 24 hours (for it) to sink in and let our thoughts run wild.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 24 hours, you have to move on because we have a big game on Sunday. If we win that, we\u2019re back in the running.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manager Stephen Kenny is hoping that is exactly what happens with knives being sharpened at the prospect of the campaign effectively ending with three games to go.<\/p>\n<p>For a generation of Ireland supporters, memories of a famous 1-0 World Cup qualifier win over a Dutch side which included Edwin Van Der Sar, Jaap Stam, Marc Overmars, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Patrick Kluivert at Lansdowne Road in September 2001 remain vivid and a repeat could hardly be more timely.<\/p>\n<h3>Recommended<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/08\/23\/08-ec7ed1840b1e4632ab3ab8a530ed675b.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/08\/22\/9ce60a009f2aa8a14a6dccea72dbc396Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk0Mjg4MjM4-2.73643732.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2023\/09\/08\/22\/0e6570a82609e872b4723c09257197d9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk0MjY1Mzg5-2.73622242.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Kenny said: \u201cI was a supporter in the crowd at that game. It was an unbelievable performance all right and a great win and a famous win, of course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat team was a really top-class Irish team. But from our point of view, that\u2019s what we need to do. 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