Intro:

The Netherlands train on home soil at Hoenderloo eleven days before the start of the 2012 European Championship.

Script:

The Netherlands national football squad were training on Monday at their Hoenderloo base.

They'll face Slovakia in a home friendly on Wednesday.

And by then coach Bert Van Marwirk will have named his final 23-man party for the European Championship.

Bulgaria surprised the Netherlands 2-1 on Saturday in another friendly ahead of Euro 2012.

That result came soon after a 3-2 defeat for the Dutch at the hands of German club side Bayern Munich.

But there's only one thing captain Mark Van Bommel can say about that.

SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Van Bommel, The Netherlands captain:

"We will try to play better than against Bulgaria and Bayern Munich, and we will try to win."

Holland's group opponents at the Euros will be Denmark, Germany and Portugal.