Date: 13-06-2008
Stage: first round
Place: BERN
Running time: 104 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: DVD
Commentary: italian
My rating: ****
Notes: Snejder, Robben, Henry
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 13 June 2008, 20:45
Stade de Suisse, Berne
Attendance: 30,777
Meteo: Partly cloudy, mild, 22°C
NETHERLANDS
Edwin van der Sar
Khalid Boulahrouz
Joris Mathijsen
Andre Ooijer
Nigel de Jong
Wesley Sneijder
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Rafael van der Vaart
Orlando Engelaar
Dirk Kuyt
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Coach: Marco van Basten (NED)
46′ ↓Orlando Engelaar ↑Arjen Robben
55′ ↓Dirk Kuyt ↑Robin van Persie
78′ ↓Rafael van der Vaart ↑Wilfred Bouma
FRANCE
Grégory Coupet
Patrice Evra
William Gallas
Willy Sagnol
Lilian Thuram (c)
Claude Makélélé
Franck Ribéry
Jérémy Toulalan
Sidney Govou
Thierry Henry
Florent Malouda
Coach: Raymond Domenech (FRA)
60′ ↓Florent Malouda ↑Bafetimbi Gomis
75′ ↓Sidney Govou ↑Nicolas Anelka
Referee: Herbert Fandel (GER)
Goals:
10′ Dirk Kuyt NED
59′ Robin van Persie NED
71′ Florent Malouda FRA
72′ Arjen Robben NED
90′ Wesley Sneijder NED
Match overview
The Netherlands booked their quarter-final spot with a 4-1 demolition of France in Bern. Dirk Kuyt’s early header set the tone, and goals from Van Persie, Robben and Sneijder extended the lead despite Malouda’s reply. A perfect counter-attacking display under Marco van Basten secured top spot in Group C.
Trivia
This match marked France’s heaviest defeat in European Championship history. Wesley Sneijder became the first Dutchman to score in each of the first three matches of a Euro finals, and Marco van Basten’s side maintained a 100% group record with four different scorers.
