thread, Wesley Sneijder says they must approach both
matches as finals.
Wesley Sneijder says Netherlands must embrace their last Euro
2016 qualifiers as "two finals" as the aim to snatch a play-off
spot from Turkey.
The Dutch's dismal campaign to date has left them out of the
running for the automatic qualifying spots and they sit two
points behind Turkey in the race to finish third in the group.
Sneijder has urged his side to aim for maximum points against
both Kazakhstan and the Czech Republic even though their fate
ultimately remains out of their hands.
"We need to get six points, it's as simple as that," he told NOS.
"We've said a couple of times now that there are two finals on
the programme, but now it really has come to that.
"These are the last two matches. We just have to win and wait
for Turkey's results."
Sneijder went on to confirm he could be forced to leave the
Netherlands camp should wife Yolanthe go into labour prior to
their upcoming games.
"When the contractions start, I'm gone. My wife Yolanthe
insisted that I go to the national team, and I don't know what I
would have done if she hadn't."
Defender Virgil van Dijk, meanwhile, accepts Netherlands have
only themselves to blame for risking a failure to qualify for a first
major tournament since the 2002 World Cup.
"Oranje only have one goal, and that's to qualify for the
European Championship," he told Algemeen Dagblad. "We have
to win our next two games, it doesn't matter how. Then we'll
see if it's enough.
"It's very annoying that we've let it come to that. But our focus
is on the next two games."
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