Russians ditch Dutch
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Dmitri Torbinskiy celebrates sending Russia into the semi-finals.
Dutchman Guus Hiddink guided Russia to a 3-1 extra-time victory over his countrymen as the Netherlands went crashing out of Euro 2008 in the quarter-finals. Russian super-sub Dmitri Torbinsky and forward Andrei Arshavin scored the killer goals in the second half of extra-time as the underdogs grabbed an unexpected place in the semi-finals. [+]
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| Current Squad | |
| G16 Maarten Stekelenburg | M6 Demy De Zeeuw |
| G13 Henk Timmer | M8 Orlando Engelaar |
| G1 Edwin van der Sar | M11 Arjen Robben |
| D14 Wilfred Bouma | M10 Wesley Sneijder |
| D15 Tim De Cler | M23 Rafael Van der Vaart |
| D3 Johnny Heitinga | F9 Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| D4 Joris Mathijsen | F22 Jan Vennegoor |
| D12 Mario Melchiot | ST21 Ryan Babel |
| D2 Andre Ooijer | ST19 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar |
| D5 Giovanni Van Bronckhorst | ST18 Dirk Kuyt |
| M20 Ibrahim Afellay | ST7 Robin Van Persie |
| M17 Nigel De Jong | |
| · Complete Squad | |
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| Latest Fixtures/Results | |||
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | Competition |
| Tue 17/6 | H- Romania | W 2 - 0 | European Championship |
| Sat 21/6 | H- Russia | L 1 - 3 | European Championship | · Complete Team Fixtures/Results |
| 2008 Tables: European Championship | ||||||
| TEAM | P | W | L | D | GD | Pts |
| Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| · Complete Tables | ||||||
| 2008 Leaders: European Championship | |||||
| PLAYER | Goals | ||||
| Ruud van Nistelrooy | 2 | ||||
| Robin Van Persie | 2 | ||||
| Wesley Sneijder | 2 | ||||
| Giovanni Van Bronckhorst | 1 | ||||
| Arjen Robben | 1 | ||||
| Dirk Kuyt | 1 | ||||
| PLAYER | Yellow Cards | ||||
| Robin Van Persie | 1 | ||||
| Rafael Van der Vaart | 1 | ||||
| Andre Ooijer | 1 | ||||
| Khalid Boulahrouz | 1 | ||||
| Nigel De Jong | 1 | ||||
| · Complete Statistics | |||||
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