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Drenthe and Robben eager for more
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micha on 26 September, 2007 03:58:00
 
by Paul Bryan   from Madrid
Late arrival
The Dutch duo joined from Feyenoord and Chelsea FC respectively in the summer
and made their competition bows for Madrid in the 2-1 home defeat of Werder
Bremen on Matchday 1 last week. Drenthe entered in the 77th minute for Guti
while Robben had to wait until four minutes from time to take over from Raúl
González. The substitutions of the two Spanish favourites, who had played key
roles in the victory, for the Dutch flyers underlined the new Oranje flavour at
Madrid with Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wesley Sneijder also in action.
'I feel good'
Drenthe, who will not play in tonight's home game against Real Betis Balompié,
when a win will send Madrid back to the top of the Primera División, spoke to
uefa.com about the thrill of top-level European football. "Every player wants to
play in the Champions League," he said. "I want to play well in all the games I
play in. I'm only 20 so I want to grow as a player and as a person. By the end
of the season I want to say to myself: 'Royston, you've made progress.'
Spanish lessons
"It's nice for me that there are so many Dutch people here, especially as I
can't speak Spanish yet," he added. Thankfully there is no real problem as his
new coach Bernd Schuster has found a common language. "He speaks English to the
players who can't speak Spanish," Drenthe said. "In the short time I've been
here it's been very nice. It's not difficult to live here. I've got a Spanish
teacher. I think that in six months or a year I'll be able to speak Spanish
well."