World Cup qualifier: Netherlands trounce Macedonia
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| Dirk Kuyt 16 | ||||||||
| Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 25 | ||||||||
| Dirk Kuyt 41 | ||||||||
| Rafael van der Vaart 88 |
The Netherlands maintained their 100 percent record in their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign with a comfortable 4-0 win over Macedonia.
Dirk Kuyt fired the Dutch in front when he turned home an Arjen Robben cross in the 16th minute.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar doubled the lead nine minutes later with a curling shot from the left side of the box.
It was 3-0 on 41 minutes as Kuyt collected Wesley Sneijder's pass before placing his shot into the bottom right corner.
Ryan Babel, who replaced Robben at halftime, could have scored his side's fourth but saw his fierce shot from the right blocked by Tomislav Pačovski.
Another substitute Rafael van der Vaart added some gloss to the scoreline with a low finish two minutes from time.
Lineups:
Netherlands: Stekelenburg; van der Wiel, Ooijer, Mathijsen, van Bronckhorst; van Bommel, de Jong; Kuyt (Afellay 80), Sneijder (van der Vaart 75), Robben (Babel 46); Huntelaar
Macedonia: Pačovski; Popov, Sedloski, Mitreski (Lazarevski 57), Noveski; Tasevski (Maznov 46); Šumulikoski, Trajanov, Grozdanc (Položani 66); Pandev, Naumoski
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Dirk Kuyt fired the Dutch in front when he turned home an Arjen Robben cross in the 16th minute.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar doubled the lead nine minutes later with a curling shot from the left side of the box.
It was 3-0 on 41 minutes as Kuyt collected Wesley Sneijder's pass before placing his shot into the bottom right corner.
Ryan Babel, who replaced Robben at halftime, could have scored his side's fourth but saw his fierce shot from the right blocked by Tomislav Pačovski.
Another substitute Rafael van der Vaart added some gloss to the scoreline with a low finish two minutes from time.
Lineups:
Netherlands: Stekelenburg; van der Wiel, Ooijer, Mathijsen, van Bronckhorst; van Bommel, de Jong; Kuyt (Afellay 80), Sneijder (van der Vaart 75), Robben (Babel 46); Huntelaar
Macedonia: Pačovski; Popov, Sedloski, Mitreski (Lazarevski 57), Noveski; Tasevski (Maznov 46); Šumulikoski, Trajanov, Grozdanc (Položani 66); Pandev, Naumoski
Netherlands v Macedonia goal & highlights
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