Van Der Sar Announce's International Retirement

Last updated : 23 June 2008 By Sam
The United keeper has said that he is retiring from international football following Holland's quarter final defeat to Russia at Euro 2008.

"I will have one last season in the Premier League but, yes, my international career is over," he has said.

"I think we had a great tournament and unfortunately we couldn't produce the level of play that we did in the first two games against Italy and France.

"We created too few chances ourselves and gave too much away. Russia played very well, we did not and that hurts.

"You have one bad game in the knockout stages and you are out. That's the way it is.

"These are the tournaments I will miss most, they are the nicest to experience. I have reached quarter-finals and semi-finals, but that's not enough. You always want more than that.

"Every two years there is only one team that wins the tournament and, in my playing days, that has not been for me to experience. But I have enjoyed it, that's for sure."