Spain vs Netherlands : Arjen Robben won’t mind winning ugly

Category soccer | Friday, July 9th, 2010

JOHANNESBURG — Arjen Robben doesn’t really care how the Netherlands beats Spain on Sunday as long as he can lift the trophy.

“I’d rather play an extremely ugly game and win, instead of a beautiful one and lose,” Robben said.

Winning ugly is fine, especially after what happened on June 5.

In a warm-up match against Hungary, he tried a delicate back-heel flick, a flash of flair for which the Dutch are famous. He flinched in pain and fell to the ground with a left hamstring injury.

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