Dutch players and coach blast Bayern fans who booed Robben

Robben, who missed an extra-time penalty in the Champions League final against Chelsea, with the score 1-1, was repeatedly booed by a section of the 33,000 fans who came to see a friendly match between Bayern and the Netherlands. Robben played for the Oranje throughout the game, and Van Marwijk said: “It’s scandalous the way in which Arjen was treated on Tuesday in Munich. Arjen was really down about it but I hope that he will emerge stronger from the experience.” Robben’s Dutch team-mates, including former Bayern star Mark van Bommel, agreed that the winger was unfairly treated. “It’s shocking what happened to Arjen. And no club officials seemed to want to do anything about it. If I were him, I be asking myself whether
I still want to play for the club,” said Van Bommel. Robben, who earlier this month extended his Bayern contract by two years to 2015, has had an uneasy relationship this season with the club’s fans – some accusing the Dutchman of being too selfish on the pitch. He was briefly benched earlier this year by coach Jupp Heynckes and a penalty miss against Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund, in a key league game in April, did little to appease Bayern fans. In the wake of Dutch fury, Bayern have since jumped to Robben’s defence. “Just like the other players, fans and friends of Bayern, Arjen Robben is deeply disappointed and affected by the undeserved defeat on penalties against Chelsea,” said Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in a statement. “But it is the style of Bayern and their fans to give the one who has fallen down the hand and help him. We have received a lot of reactions from Bayern fans who apologise on behalf of those who whistled. “Bayern wish Arjen Robben a good and successful Euro championship and look forward to having him back in the Bayern group in July.”