The Holland Shirt: The Nike Netherlands Shirt for the Euro 2012

With the new Home Holland Shirt, Nike puts a whole new perspective on the traditional orange Holland Home Kit. The upper left and lower right quadrants are darker shades of orange than the rest of the shirt, presenting a fresh take on the monochromatic color scheme. Further, the sleeve cuffs and the shirt's bottom hem are trimmed in black, rounding out what is the most striking Netherlands Home Shirt in many years. Orange shorts and oranges socks complete the kit. The Holland Away Shirt is jet black, but for the orange panel beneath the Nike Swoosh, to remind the intimidated opponent that the sleek black bullet that just blazed past him was pure Dutch. Black shorts and black socks complete this outstanding kit.

Runners-up in the last World Cup, Holland are hungry going into the Euro 2012. The Flying Dutchmen are ranked 2nd in the world (as of March 7th ranking), just behind the defending European and World Champions, and will definitely be out to prove that they are the new kings of Europe. With a superstar line-up including Arjen Robben of Bayern Munich, Mark van Bommel of AC Milan, Wesley Sneijder of Inter Milan, Rafael van der Vaart of Tottenham, Ibrahim Afellay of Barcelona, Dirk Kuyt of Liverpool, Robin van Persie of Arsenal, and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of Schalke among others, it's hard not to like their chances in Poland and Ukraine.