The Real Madrid man scored in the 3-0 victory over Italy which made Marco van Basten's side favourites to progress from Group C.

And Sneijder claims he is not scared of a repeat encounter with the world champions later in the competition.

"Let them come again. Not because we beat them 3-0 and certainly not because I want to be cheeky. But if we play like we did on Monday, we don't have to fear anybody," he told De Telegraaf.

The 24-year-old also claimed the team spirit in the Dutch camp is as good as he has ever experienced.

Holland's progression at previous tournaments has been hampered by in-fighting, but Sneijder insists that will not happen this time.

"This is my third tournament. Never before have I seen such a good group," he added. "Also in how we deal with each other. We can talk about football very well. Maybe that's why we have the now-or-never feeling.

"We have the possibility to win Euro 2008 and we all feel that we can do it. In Portugal in 2004, we came far too, but we won just one game. The feeling now is totally different.

"The group that drinks a cup of coffee after dinner is growing, the coaches are there too. We speak about football then.

"More guys than ever before dare to speak their mind now. In the past years, that was different.

"When we had a day off in a tournament, a few guys used to go this way and another group went somewhere else. Now all 23 people eat together. I have never encountered that before."