Robben out of Netherlands team for Euro qualifiers

AP, Friday 26 Aug 2011

Coach Bert van Marwijk has left injured winger Arjen Robben out of his 23-man Netherlands squad to play San Marino and Finland in European Championship qualifiers

Arjen Robben

The injury-prone Bayern Munich forward has been sidelined by a groin problem. Van Marwijk announced on Friday he had called up PSV Eindhoven winger Jeremain Lens as a replacement.

The World Cup runner-up Netherlands has won all six of its Euro 2012 qualifiers so far. It takes on San Marino next Friday in Eindhoven before traveling to Helsinki to play Finland on Sept. 6.

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