New Rangers coach helps Czech Republic to turn things around against the Netherlands at EURO 2004

Everyone remembers the Czech Republic’s match against the Netherlands at EURO 2004. Our team managed to turn the score from 0:2 to 3:2. One of the players who was not missing at the turnaround was the new Rangers coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst.

The Czech Republic’s match against the Netherlands in 2004 is considered the best match in our history. The main stars of our team were Pavel Nedved, Milan Baroš and Jan Koller. But in this match they could also thank Giovanni van Bronckhorst for the turnaround.

In the duel in 2004, he started on the Dutch side. When his team was leading 2:0, he fumbled a pass in the middle of the pitch. The weak pass was intercepted by Milan Baroš, who ran forward with the ball. He passed it to Jan Koller, who reduced it to 1: 2.

The half ended in favour of the Oranjes after this mistake. However, the second half was dominated by Karel Brückner’s charges. Milan Baroš and Vladimir Šmicer scored the goals. The match ended 3: 2 for our team and a historic success was in the world.

Van Bronckhorst played several seasons for Rangers in his career. Then he moved to Arsenal and then to Barcelona. The fans requested this former player as a replacement for Steven Gerrard, who left for Aston Villa.

Apparently, the new coach would like to be able to build on Gerrard’s success. However, he is coaching in a different style to his predecessor, so it may take some time for the players to get used to the new coach and the way he wants to present football.

Source:: iSport