Euro 2012 talk: It’s all double Dutch with infighting and ticker fails

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National stereotypes crop up in the build-up and during every international tournament.

Some nations embrace these traits while others do their best to escape them.

This particularly rings true in Group B where Germany have long been far more than efficient.

Sadly for the Netherlands, their tag as a combustible bunch always willing to argue with each other in public appears to have returned.

Ahead of their match with Germany, Wesley Sneijder has hit out at the "pathetic egos in the camp and after finishing the tournament with a 2-1 defeat to Portugla Arjen Robben continued that theme.

“Things happened in the squad, but we'll keep that between us,” the Bayern Munich winger told reporters just as boss Bert van Marwijk was defending himself from the onslaught of criticism.

Elsewhere one France star wants to serve a quarter-final tie against Spain while Dario Srna is in fighting mood ahead of his team’s clash with Vicente del Bosque.

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