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Game 22

Holland 2-0 Romania: Momentum maintained

Empics

Romania's talisman Mutu takes to the sky

Scoring Summary
Netherlands	Romania
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (54)
Robin Van Persie (87)

Match Stats
	Netherlands	Romania
Shots (on Goal)	14(6)	8(1)
Fouls	11	11
Corner Kicks	2	1
Offsides	2	4
Time of Possession	51%	49%
Yellow Cards	0	1
Red Cards	0	0
Saves	1	3

Match Information

Stadium: Stade de Suisse Wankdorf
Attendance:
Match Time: 14:45 ET
Official(s):
Massimo Busacca (Referee)
Stephane Cuhat (Linesman)
Matthias Arnet (Linesman)
Stefan Wittberg (Fourth Official)

Teams
Netherlands	Romania
16 Maarten Stekelenburg	1 Bogdan Lobont
3 Johnny Heitinga	5 Cristian Chivu
14 Wilfred Bouma	2 Cosmin Contra
15 Tim De Cler	3 Razvan Dinca Rat
21 Khalid Boulahrouz	4 Gabriel Sebastian Tamas
11 Arjen Robben	14 Sorin Ghionea
8 Orlando Engelaar	8 Paul Codrea
6 Demy De Zeeuw	16 Banel Nicolita
20 Ibrahim Afellay	11 Razvan Cocis
7 Robin Van Persie	18 Marius Constantin Niculae
19 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	10 Adrian Mutu
Substitutes
1 Edwin van der Sar	Marius Popa 12
13 Henk Timmer	Eduard Stancioiu 23
5 Giovanni Van Bronckhorst	Cosmin Moti 17
12 Mario Melchiot	Stefan Andrei Radu 22
4 Joris Mathijsen	Cristian Sapunaru 13
2 Andre Ooijer	Florentin Petre 7
23 Rafael Van der Vaart	Nicolae Marius Dica 20
17 Nigel De Jong	Adrian Cristea 19
10 Wesley Sneijder	Daniel George Niculae 21
9 Ruud van Nistelrooy	Ciprian Marica 9
22 Jan Vennegoor
18 Dirk Kuyt
Substitutions
Mario Melchiot for Khalid Boulahrouz (58)	Daniel George Niculae for Marius Constantin Niculae (59)
Dirk Kuyt for Arjen Robben (62)	Nicolae Marius Dica for Paul Codrea (72)
Jan Vennegoor for Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (82)	Florentin Petre for Banel Nicolita (82)
Yellow Cards
	Cristian Chivu (78)
· Club Rosters: Netherlands \| Romania

Updated: June 17, 2008, 3:00 AM ET

BERNE, June 17 (Reuters) - Second-half goals from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Robin van Persie gave Netherlands a 2-0 win over Romania at Euro 2008 on Tuesday.

Huntelaar sidefooted home in the 54th minute from a right-wing cross by Ibrahim Afellay.

Van Persie then made sure of victory with a fierce left-foot drive into the roof of the net with three minutes to go.

The Dutch finished with a 100 percent record at the top of Group C and will play Sweden or Russia in the quarter-finals.

Romania needed to beat the Dutch to reach the last eight but after gritty and determined draws against the world champions and France earlier in the tournament, Victor Piturca's side lacked imagination and creativity against a Dutch side showing nine changes.

A poor first half ended scoreless with a nervous and edgy Romania forced to shoot from long range.

Captain Cristian Chivu fired over a free kick in a good central position after nine minutes before Adrian Mutu and Gabriel Tamas went close with 25-metre drives.

Arjen Robben should have snatched the lead for the Dutch in the 36th minute when he latched on to a through ball from Huntelaar but slipped the ball wide from six metres with only the keeper to beat.

Van Persie also had a good second-half opportunity when he turned defender Sorin Ghionea inside out before his shot was parried away superbly by an outstretched Bogdan Lobont in the Romania goal.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

France	0
Italy	2	FT

Netherlands	2
Romania	0	FT