Sleepy Babel snubbed

Liverpool’s Ryan Babel lost his spot in the national squad during their match against Romania this weekend due to oversleeping. Marco Van Basten had to take this step to bring Babel on track. Real Madrid’s Arjen Robben was picked instead of Babel. The Liverpool man had already missed two of the team meetings. Once he arrived late for the team meeting and the next time he arrived late for a team meal. Van Basten says this is not the way he handles things but he was forced to do this. He says that all the players have to obey the rules. The coach says that

“ It is very possible that Babel feels deflated by the snub, but I expect the players to obey the rules during the match “

Babel came in as a sub for Robben in the closing stage of the second half but could not get anything from the match as they lost to Romania 1 0. Holland are second in their group just 2 points ahead of Bulgaria.