Euro 2008: Netherlands vs. Russia

Saturday, June 21, 2008

June 21, 2008
20:45 (UTC)
Netherlands 1 – 3 (a.e.t.) Russia St. Jakob-Park, Basel
Attendance: 38,374
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
Kuyt Substituted off after 46 minutes 46'
Van Persie Substituted on after 46 minutes 46'
Boulahrouz Booked after 51 minutes 51'
Boulahrouz Substituted off after 54 minutes 54'
Heitinga Substituted on after 54 minutes 54'
Van Persie Booked after 55 minutes 55'
Van der Vaart Booked after 60 minutes 60'
Engelaar Substituted off after 61 minutes 61'
Afellay Substituted on after 61 minutes 61'
van Nistelrooy Scored after 86 minutes 86'
(Report) Pavlyuchenko Scored after 56 minutes 56'
Semshov Substituted off after 69 minutes 69'
Bilyaletdinov Substituted on after 69 minutes 69'

Kolodin Booked after 71 minutes 71'
Saenko Substituted off after 81 minutes 81'
Torbinsky Substituted on after 81 minutes 81'
Zhirkov Booked after 103 minutes 103'
Torbinsky Booked after 111 minutes 111'
Torbinsky Scored after 112 minutes 112'
Pavluchenko Substituted off after 115 minutes 115'
Sychev Substituted on after 115 minutes 115'
Arshavin Scored after 116 minutes 116'


The Netherlands lost to the Russia national football team in a quarter-final match of UEFA Euro 2008.

Roman Pavlyuchenko opened the scoring in main play, a goal that was matched by Ruud van Nistelrooy after only 30 minutes.

Then it was a hardy play-off for both teams, especially the Dutch, but Torbinsky and Arshavin scored goals, effectively put an end to the match. Arshavin was declared the Man of the Match.

Now it will be the first major semi final for Russia since the break up of the USSR.


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