EURO 2008 INFO

The veteran Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar hopes to shine once more in his last major event at the international level, in this Uefa Euro 2008 ™.

Fourth Euros
International 129 occasions, the Dutch captain added his name to an exclusive list of players who have managed to be present in four European Championships, on Monday when his team faces Italy in Berne. After disputing the editions of 1996, 2000 and 2004, equal to other illustrious names like Lothar Matthäus and Peter Schmeichel, who also played four Europeans. The goalkeeper has just won the Uefa Champions League with Manchester United FC last month with a stop on his Nicolas Anelka in the shoot out. Now expects to have the opportunity to celebrate something with your selection at the end of the quotation from Austria and Switzerland.

"Improving"
"I remember the 1988 tournament when Holland was proclaimed champion of Europe in Germany and want to live in the first person a similar experience. Something similar lived in 1995 when I won the Champions League with AFC Ajax. But you have to look at this and know that we have be improved. What happens then should not matter at this time. "

First test
Van der Sar knows that begin before Italy is a tough obstacle for his relatives. "This week I saw them play a friendly against Belgium and have a lot of individual quality in all its lines. They are not world champions by accident, that is clear. Nobody can say that a meeting will be easy, but we know that we will have our options. In World Cup stayed framed in the Group of Death and we manage to pass. We have experience and we know we can achieve the classification room. "

Emulating Van Breukelen
After winning with Manchester United the Premier League and the Champions Van der Sar wants to emulate his compatriot Hans van Breukelen, the former goal of the selection, which 20 years ago won the European Championship with Holland and the European Cup with PSV Eindhoven. "I do not mind having to overcome penalties and lots of dramatic matches at the end if we achieve our goal," concluded the player.