Netherlands vs Russia Live Coverage

Netherlands vs Russia Live
The quarter-finals three and four will shape the second semi-final of the EURO 2008. Today we turn back to Switzerland for the quarter-final that involves Netherlands and Russia.
It should be a great game as both sides prefer an alert passing football and their best compartments are the attacking ones. We should see many goals and lots of scoring opportunities. That’s why I invite you tonight at 20.45 CET here at the FC Football Blog for our live coverage of the Holland vs Russia clash.
The live text commentary will start with the first whistle of the match. Fresh video highlights with the most important events at the St. Jakob-Park will be available minutes after they occur.

Holland have qualified for the quarter-final after dominating the group C. They won all the three matches and humiliated teams like Italy, France and Romania. More they proved some superb football and scored 9 goals during their group stage matches.
Russia have had a poor start of the tournament with a demolishing 4-1 defeat against group winners, Spain. They improved against Greece and obtained a much needed win. Sweden where also clearly defeated by Guus Hiddink’s boys. You must have noticed that the Dutch team will face a dutch coach tonight. Should be quite interesting. Be here!

Highlights: Holland 1 – 3 Russia

Netherlands 1-3 Russia Live Full Time
120′+3′ The referee ends the game.
120′+3′ Ball Possession: Netherlands 53%, Russia 47%.
120′ Rafael van der Vaart’s set piece shot lands off target.
119′ Andrey Arshavin is caught offside.
116′ GOOOOOOAL!!! 1 – 3 Andrey Arshavin scores with a low shot.
116′ Dmitri Torbinski delivers and Sychev misses the target.
115′ Russia Substitution: Roman Pavlyuchenko is replaced by Dmitri Sychev.
112′ GOOOOOOAL!!! 1 – 2 Dmitri Torbinski scores after a superb Arshavin run.
112′ Konstantin Zyrianov is caught offside.
109′ Diniyar Bilyaletdinov crosses and Pavlyuchenko misses the target.
106′ The second half has started.

105+1′ The referee ends the first half of extra time.
104′ Ruud van Nistelrooy is caught offside.
101′ Denis Kolodin shoots inches wide from a long range free kick.
99′ Andrey Arshavin has a superb run, he dribbles and Torbinski’s shot is saved by the keeper.
98′ Ibrahim Afellay misses the target for the Dutch side.
98′ Diniyar Bilyaletdinov’s cross lands wide.
97′ Roman Pavlyuchenko aims the crossbar after a superb shot from the edge of the box.
96′ Andrey Arshavin misses the goal this time
95′ Robin van Persie’s shot is saved by the keeper.
93′ Andrey Arshavin has a clever shot and Van der Sar retains.
92′ Wesley Sneijder’s shot is saved by Akinfeev.
91′ The first half of extra time has started.

90′+3′ The referee ends the second half. We are waiting for extra-time.
90+2′ The referee changes his mind as the linesman signaled that the ball was off play prior to the infraction.
90+2′ The referee books Kolodin for the second time in this match and the Russia defender is sent off.
86′ GOOOOOOAL!!! 1 – 1 Ruud van Nistelrooy equalizes with a header after a Wesley Sneijder cross.

85′ Robin van Persie delivers from the corner spot and Sneijder’s shot is deflected wide.
85′ Wesley Sneijder’s shot is blocked.
83′ Roman Pavlyuchenko from Russia is ruled offside
82′ Wesley Sneijder misses the target.
81′ Russia Substitution: Ivan Saenko is replaced by Dmitri Torbinski.
80′ Wesley Sneijder shoots over the crossbar.
77′ Roman Pavlyuchenko has a big scoring opportunity and the keeper saves.
77′ Rafael van der Vaart’s shot is saved by the keeper.
76′ Johnny Heitinga delivers and Sneijder misses the target.
75′ Ball Possession: Netherlands 55%, Russia 45%
72′ Robin van Persie’s free kick shoots wide.
71′ Yellow Card: Denis Kolodin is booked.
70′ Alexander Aniukov’s shot is saved by the keeper.
69′ Russia Substitution: Igor Semshov is replaced by Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.
68′ Ruud van Nistelrooy is flagged offside.
67′ Roman Pavlyuchenko is caught offside.
66′ Ibrahim Afellay’s shot is blocked.
64′ Rafael van der Vaart crosses from the corner spot and van Persie misses the target.
64′ Roman Pavlyuchenko misses the target.
63′ Igor Semshov delivers and Pavlyuchenko misses the goal.
62′ Robin van Persie misses the target.
62′ Netherlands Substitution: Orlando Engelaar is replaced by Ibrahim Afellay.
61′ Robin van Persie is caught offside.
61′ Rafael van der Vaart is denied by Akinfeev.
60′ Ball Possession: Netherlands 52%, Russia 48%.
60′ Yellow Card: Rafael van der Vaart is booked.
58′ Alexander Aniukov needs the medical staff.
58′ Ivan Saenko misses the target.
56′ GOOOOOAL!!! 0 – 1 Roman Pavlyuchenko sends the ball into the net with a one-touch shot after a Saenko cross.

56′ Andrey Arshavin’s free kick shot lands wide.
55′ Yellow Card: Robin van Persie is booked.
54′ Netherlands Substitution: Khalid Boulahrouz is replaced by Johnny Heitinga.
46′ Netherlands delivers and van Persie’s volley lands wide.
46′ Netherlands Substitution: Dirk Kuyt is replaced by Robin van Persie.

45′+2′ The referee ends the first half.
45′+2′ Ball Possession: Netherlands 50%, Russia 50%.
44′ Rafael van der Vaart has a powerful shot and Akinfeev bounces the ball.
40′ Wesley Sneijder’s attempt is deflected.
38′ Sergei Semak misses the goal.
37′ Wesley Sneijder’s shot is blocked.
37′ Ruud van Nistelrooy’s shot is bounced by the keeper.
36′ Yuri Zhirkov delivers from the corner spot and Semshov misses the target.
34′ Wesley Sneijder misses the target.
34′ Wesley Sneijder needs the medical staff.
32′ Yuri Zhirkov delivers from the corner spot and Kolodin shoots again from around 40 meters and the ball lands just wide.

32′ Konstantin Zyrianov delivers from the corner spot and Kolodin shoots from far away to obtain a corner kick.
31′ Andrey Arshavin has a superb run and his clever placed shot is saved superbly by Van der Sar.

30′ Ball Possession: Netherlands 50%, Russia 50%.
26′ Rafael van der Vaart delivers from the corner spot and Engelaar mises the target.
25′ Sergei Semak delivers and Saenko is flagged offside.
19′ Wesley Sneijder’s shot is blocked.
19′ Khalid Boulahrouz crosses and Kuyt is caught offside.
18′ Khalid Boulahrouz needs the medical staff.
15′ Yuri Zhirkov’s free kick shot lands wide.
15′ Ball Possession: Netherlands 48%, Russia 52%.
14′ Roman Pavlyuchenko has a cross for Russia and Engelaar clears the pressure.
14′ Dirk Kuyt delivers and a defender clears the ball.
8′ Igor Semshov delivers and Pavlyuchenko misses the target with a header.

7′ Denis Kolodin’s shot is deflected off target.
7′ Yuri Zhirkov free kick shot is saved by Van der Sar.

3′ Giovanni van Bronckhorst delivers and Kuyt misses the target with a header.
1′ The referee starts the game and Russia have the first touch.

Netherlands vs Russia Live Streams
Sopcast: CCTV-5, SUI99, BHF TV, Sports Channel 5, YES (NL), Guandong, Tele 2 Voetbal.
TVants: CCTV-5, Rustavi 2, NET Hellas.
PPMate: Guandong.
TVU Player: B-wire, CCTV-5, Danish Delight.
Pcast: BTV-6.
Media Player: Eurosport, Cox TV, My Sports, Maged TV, Yoursport, Cox TV England.

Netherlands vs Russia Preview
Competition: EURO 2008
Stage: Quarter-Finals
Date: 21.07.2008
Kick-off time: 20.45 CET
Location: St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland.
Referee: Lubos Michel (SVK)
Live Coverage: Netherlands vs Russia
Match Discussions: FCFB Forums

Netherlands vs Russia Odds and Betting Tips
Holland are the favorites of this quarter-final. They have to be careful though as another team that had their 9 points performance in the goup stage ended with a penalty shoot-out defeat last night. Yeah, I am talking about Croatia. It seems that until now all the teams that performed greatly during the group stage have collapsed. I talk here about Portugal and Croatia. I think that the Dutch will manage though to keep their cool and go past Russia, although it will be very, very difficult.

Netherlands vs Russia Line-ups
Probable starting line-ups:
Netherlands
1 E. van der Sar
21 K. Boulahrouz
2 A. Ooijer
4 J. Mathijsen
5 G. van Bronckhorst
17 N. de Jong
8 O. Engelaar
18 D. Kuyt
23 R. van der Vaart
10 W. Sneijder
9 R. van Nistelrooy

Russia
1 I. Akinfeev
22 A. Aniukov
4 S. Ignashevich
8 D. Kolodin
18 Y. Zhirkov
11 S. Semak
17 K. Zyrianov
20 I. Semshov
9 I. Saenko
19 R. Pavlyuchenko
10 A. Arshavin