Wesley Sneijder: We Played Like The Oranje, Not Like Barcelona

Netherlands playmaker Wesley Sneijder has made it clear that the World Cup finalists did not play like Barcelona in their 4-0 win over Hungary on Friday, but that their impressive performance was a trademark Oranje display.

Several pundits compared Netherlands’ style of play to Barcelona’s, but Sneijder refuses to do just that.

“I don’t want to compare our style of play with Barcelona’s style. You can’t really compare our performance to anything. We played like Oranje,” Sneijder was quoted as saying by OnsOranje.nl.

The Inter star admitted that Holland’s superb display was a bit of a surprise for him, but made it clear that he really enjoyed the game.

“I was pleasantly surprised with our performance. I can’t remember that we’ve played like this before. We enjoyed some very long spells of possession and even had the ball for about five minutes at one point.

“I really enjoyed the match. Obviously, it’s the final result that counts, but this team is capable of playing some very good football and that’s exactly what we did.”

Netherlands sit atop of the table in Group E of the Euro 2012 Qualifying campaign with a perfect record,15 points from five games.