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 46' Van Persie 46' Boulahrouz 51' Boulahrouz 54' Heitinga 54' Van Persie 55' Van der Vaart 60' Engelaar 61' Afellay 61' van Nistelrooy 86'	(Report)	Pavlyuchenko 56' Semshov 69' Bilyaletdinov 69' Kolodin 71' Saenko 81' Torbinsky 81' Zhirkov 103' Torbinsky 111' Torbinsky 112' Pavluchenko 115' Sychev 115' Arshavin 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.

Sources

• Jonathan Stevenson. "Netherlands 1-3 Russia (aet)" — BBC, 21 June 2008 22:14 UK