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JOHANNESBURG -- The Netherlands surged into the World Cup with one of the globe's fiercest attacks. It took some luck to get that offense on track.

The Dutch got an own goal in the 46th minute and beat Denmark 2- 0 on Monday at Soccer City, failing to break through on their own until the 85th, when Dirk Kuyt tapped in a rebound off the post from close range.

Well, whatever works.

"We wanted to play beautiful soccer but we lost the ball," said Netherlands coach Bert Van Marwijk, whose team did not lose a game in qualifying. But "from time to time you could see how good we can be."

The Netherlands took the lead when Denmark defender Simon Poulsen headed a ball off the back of teammate Daniel Agger and into the net. Poulsen had been trying to clear a cross from Robin van Persie.

Denmark had frustrated the Dutch until then with a compact midfield, and the Netherlands never came close to the free-flowing, high-scoring type of play their fans have become accustomed to, despite several other chances.

Still, the Dutch ended ghd hair straighteners the day tied for first place in Group E with Japan, which beat Cameroon 1-0.

The Netherlands' gift goal came as Van Persie beat an onrushing Thomas Sorensen to a long through ball down the left flank, then squared up and sent a cross into the area. Poulsen had plenty of time and space to clear the ball, but his off-balance header bounced off Agger's back and into the net.

"That was like a Fake Rado bucket of cold water over our heads," Denmark coach Morten Olsen said. "Simon Poulsen was one of our better players but he was unlucky. It's one of those things that happens in soccer."

Poulsen said he saw the ball too late, and that it "practically hit me in the face."

"I was just thinking, this can't be happening," Poulsen said.

After wasting a number of chances to double the lead, Van Persie sent Eljero Elia a nifty through ball and the substitute shot's went past Sorensen, hitting the post. But the ball bounced straight out toward Kuyt, who beat his marker to tap the rebound into an empty net.

"I don't think we played that well in the first half, but in the second we really deserved to win," playmaker Wesley Sneijder said. "The Danes in the first half did an excellent job, because they studied us very thoroughly."

Nicklas Bendtner, expected to miss the game with a groin problem, started as a lone striker up front for Denmark, which employed a five-man midfield to stop the Netherlands' trademark quick passing game.

Those tactics worked well in the first half, as the Dutch struggled to thread the ball through the midfield. Instead, it was Denmark that created the best scoring chances on counter attacks. Dennis Rommedahl's cross from the right wing found Bendtner unmarked in the area in the 27th, but the Arsenal forward headed wide from six yards.

Bendtner then sent Thomas Kahlenberg clear into the left side of the area in the 37th, but his shot was pushed out to a corner by Maarten Stekelenburg.

Bendtner was pulled out of the game in the 62nd minute, with Olsen saying he "wasn't supposed to play" but a late injury to Jon Dahl Tomasson forced him to change his mind.

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Netherlands to take on Japan for top-of-table clash in Group E

DURBAN, South Africa, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Saturday brings a top- of-the-table clash in World Cup Group E as leaders the Netherlands lock horns with Japan, just one goal behind clip on hair extensions in second place.

On the back of their spirited 1-0 win over Cameroon in their opening match, the Blue Samurai enter their second outing aiming to stun their highly-rated rivals in the World Cup for the first time in the African continent.

The two sides are meeting for the second time in just 10 months, having squared off in a friendly last September, when the Netherlands coasted to a 3-0 win.

Bert van Marwijk's Dutch side will start as strong favourites as they appear to have an edge, having won seven and drawn one of their eight match-ups against Asian teams. However, Takeshi Okada's charges will be hopeful of denting this record.

On route to the World Cup finals, the Netherlands become the first team to join hosts South Africa, and Japan booked their fourth consecutive appearance with two games to spare.

The Dutch continued the rampant form in the build-up, rounding off their preparations with four wins, including a 6-1 mauling of Hungary. Japan, on the other hand, arrived in Africa on the back of three friendly losses.

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With star winger Arjen Robben ruled out of the first game due to injury, Van Marwijk's side still managed a 2-0 comfortable win over Denmark. Okada also left out one of his stars, Shunsuke Nakamura, and pushed Kesuke Honda up front, a decision that was vindicated by a hard-fought opening win.

After inspiring his side to victory over the Danes, Wesley Sneijder has further underlined his status as the conductor of the Oranje orchestra. The Inter Milan midfielder also played a pivotal role in their 3-0 friendly win over the Japanese.

Kesuke Honda, meanwhile, is thriving in his new attacking role and grabbed his team's all-important goal against Cameroon. Having spent a season with VVV-Venlo, he will hope to utilise his knowledge of Dutch football to impress against the illustrious opponents.

On statistics, the Netherlands have riot in their previous three meetings with Asian sides, scoring a total of 10 goals, with the highlight a 5-0 dismantling of South Korea at France 1998.

However, "The Japan game won't be easy as they play a good style of football, running a lot and combining Replica Omega Watches well. In our last meeting they put us under pressure for an hour but eventually we won. The second match is crucial for both sides and we will go all out to win," said Dutch midfielder Sneijder.

Japanese midfielder Daisuke Matsui said that "The Netherlands test is important for us if we are to get through the group phase. We lost our last meeting with them, so we are motivated to win this time around. It remains to be seen whether we can get a good result but we won' t give up without a fight."

And here comes the question -- Can Japan become the first Asian team to beat the Netherlands?

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By Jan Biles

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MAYETTA -- Frank Norman was in his element -- standing among native grasses and plants, a hawk flying nearby, surrounded by garden club members eager to learn more about Snyder Prairie.

Norman is a board member of Grassland Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Johnson County that is devoted to prairie preservation and education, and coordinator of restoration efforts at the 140-acre plot of prairie east of Mayetta.

"Our goal is we want to keep the prairie -- our native vegetation," he told the group before they headed out on a walking tour of the land. "We're trying to get back to pre-settlement times."

In 1977, the late Rachel Snyder, author of "Gardening in the Heartland" and longtime editor of Flower and Garden magazine, purchased 160 acres of land three miles east of Mayetta. Snyder, who lived in Prairie Village and also worked as a reporter for The Topeka Daily Capital and the Washington Post, rebuilt the stone homestead and replanted some of the land that had been used for crops or grazing with prairie grasses. The site also has four small ponds and a river tributary running through it.

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In the late 1990s, Snyder deeded the 160-acre area to the Grassland Heritage Foundation, which sold 20 acres and kept the rest to restore.

Joyce Wolf, president of the Grassland Heritage Foundation, said part of the foundation's mission is to educate others about the state's prairie land and how endangered it is.

makeup brushes "We in Kansas kind of take (the prairie) for granted because of its relevant abundance," Wolf said. "It's a threatened ecosystem and a lot of the creatures that call the prairie home are in decline. ... Grassland birds have been stressed the most because of decline of habitat."

Only about 2 percent of the nation's original tallgrass prairie remains, she said. At one time, the original tallgrass prairie stretched from Canada to Texas.

"In Kansas, there are counties that had prairie that have none remaining," she said.

Wolf said Snyder Prairie represents "thousands of years of ecological evolution" and contains "thousands of plants."

"The beauty of native prairie is the diversity of species," she said, adding she visits the prairie periodically during the summer months and it never looks the same because of its plant diversity.

In addition to grassland birds, the Snyder Prairie is home to raccoons, deer, bobcats, coyotes, turkeys, red-tail hawks, blue herons, monarch butterflies and many other creatures.

Wolf said Snyder Prairie, which is open to the public only for organized tours, is maintained by a group of 30 to 40 Grassland Heritage Foundation volunteers who call themselves the Groundhogs. They meet on the third Saturday of each month, and typically go in small groups to the prairie to perform specific tasks, such as collecting ripe seed to spread in areas being restored, mowing fire breaks, clearing or burning trees or spraying invasive weeds.

Norman said one of the group's biggest tasks is eliminating the encroachment of woody vegetation and invasive species like sericea lespedeza, a legume that reproduces rapidly, forms a dense stand and crowds out native prairie vegetation.

"In 1942, there were few woods here," he told the garden club memb
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The Tactix have done Kiwi trans- Tasman league teams no favours with a humiliating 43-goal loss to the Queensland Firebirds.

Few would have given the bottom- placed Tactix hope of upsetting the Firebirds in Brisbane last night, but their 75-32 thumping will leave two New Zealand teams sweating on their ANZ Championship semifinals hopes. The Southern Steel (16 points) and Waikato-BOP Magic (16) need to win their final round-robin games - against the NSW Swifts (24) and Adelaide Thunderbirds (18) respectively - next week or rely on goal percentage to help them through.

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But the Firebirds, now on 14 points, will go into the last round with plenty of confidence after smashing the Tactix, and if they can get two points with a win over the West Coast Fever next week will be in the box seat on goal percentage to see them through to the playoffs.

Last night's match was decided by quarter time, with the hosts racing to a 20-8 lead which they extended to 37-15 by halftime.

The threat of 1.96m Firebirds shooter Romelda Aiken was apparent early on for the Tactix, with the Jamaican a huge target and also a key rebounder for her side. Aiken netted 47 goals for her team and was fed well by goal attack Natalie Medhurst.

The Tactix defensive unit did all they could but lacked in height, which ghd iv styler told in 11-2 rebound statistics in favour of the Firebirds by halftime.

But it was the Tactix attack line which played into the hands of the goal-hungry Firebirds as they squandered too much ball in the transition from defence to attack.

The Tactix had turned over three times as much ball as their rivals after three quarters of play and trailed 24-53 with 15 minutes to play.

A superior shooting percentage early on meant little for the Tactix as they continually struggled to get ball into the shooting circle.

There was plenty of niggle in the game as the Tactix' frustrations boiled Seiko Replica Watch over.

The Firebirds stuck with their starting seven for the entire match, and netted their biggest number of goals in a championship match.

Result:

Canterbury Tactix 32 (Ellen Halpenny 8/11, Anna Thompson 16/19, Angela Mitchell 8/12) lost to Queensland Firebirds 75 (Romelda Aiken 47/62, Natalie Medhurst 28/36). Quarter scores: 8-20, 15-37, 24-53, 32-75.

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