Originally posted by Wikinews. Wikinews content appears under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license except where specified. As these articles are static snapshots of news items that may be later updated, they may not represent the latest or final revision of that article, and posted information may be only preliminary. Netherlands out of Euro 16 as van Persie scores own goal against Czech Republic ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 14, 2015 Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Netherlands_out_of_Euro_16_as_van_Persie_scores_own_goal_against_Czech_Republic Yesterday, the Netherlands football team crashed out of the UEFA Euro Cup 2016 after a 2 -- 3 defeat against the Czech Republic in a qualifying match. Dutch player Robin van Persie scored an own goal. The match was held in the Amsterdam Aren A in the Dutch capital. Turkey, Iceland and Czech Republic from group A qualified for the tournament as Turkey defeated Iceland 1 -- 0 to gain third position in the group A. The Dutch team, nicknamed Oranje, had 60% ball possession in front of the Czechs. The match saw six yellow cards and one red card. Four Dutch players were shown yellow cards. A total of 30 fouls were committed in the match, seventeen by the Dutch, and thirteen by the Czechs. Czech defender Suchý was sent off in 43rd minute. The first half saw two goals by the visitors, three yellow cards, and one red card. The first goal came in the 24th minute. Kaderábek, assisted by Skalák, scored it. Tomáš Necid assisted for the second goal, and Josef Šural scored in bottom left corner. In the second half, Robin van Persie scored an own goal in the 66th minute, providing the visitors a 3 -- 0 lead. The Dutch side won a corner in 70th minute, from which Klaas-Jan Huntelaar reduced the goal difference with a header, assisted by Wesley Sneijder. Later, in 83rd minute, van Persie scored in the correct net, making 2 -- 3 for The Netherlands, assisted by Bas Dost. In the next minute, he was booked for diving. The match ended in 2 -- 3 loss for the Oranje, and they failed to qualify for the Euros for the first time since 1984. In order to qualify, the Dutch had to beat the Czechs and rely on Iceland to beat Turkey. A ten-man Turkish side defeated Iceland 1 -- 0 and qualified for the tournament.
'''Group A standings''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Position !! Team !! P !! W !! D !! L !! F !! A !! +/- !! Pts |- |style="background:#bfb;"| 1 ||style="background:#bfb;"| Czech Republic ||style="background:#bfb;"| 10 ||style="background:#bfb;"| 7 ||style="background:#bfb;"| 1 ||style="background:#bfb;"| 2 ||style="background:#bfb;"| 19 ||style="background:#bfb;"| 14 ||style="background:#bfb;"| 5 ||style="background:#bfb;"| 22 |- |style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px solid #333"| 2 ||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px solid #333"| Iceland ||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px solid #333"| 10||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px solid #333"| 6||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px solid #333"| 2||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px solid #333"| 2 || style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px solid #333"|17 ||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px solid #333"| 6 ||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px solid #333"| 11 ||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px solid #333"| 20 |- | style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px dashed #333"|3 ||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px dashed #333"| Turkey||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px dashed #333"| 10|| style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px dashed #333"| 5||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px dashed #333"| 3||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px dashed #333"| 2 ||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px dashed #333"| 14 ||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px dashed #333"| 9 ||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px dashed #333"| 5 ||style="background:#bfb; border-bottom: 2px dashed #333"| 18 |- | 4 || The Netherlands || 10|| 4|| 1 || 5 || 17 || 14 || 3 || 13 |- | 5 || Kazakhstan || 10|| 1|| 2 || 7 || 7 || 18 || -11 || 5 |- | 6 || Latvia || 10|| 0|| 5 || 5 || 6 || 19 || -13 || 5 |}
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van Persie
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Sneijder |goals2= Kadeřábek
Šural
van Persie
Skalák
Suchý
Selassie |stadium= Amsterdam Aren A, Amsterdam |referee= Damir Skomina, Slovenia }} == Match stats ==




== Sister link== == Sources == * http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/qualifiers/season=2016/standings/round=2000446/group=2002428/index.html * http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33544119 * http://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2015/oct/13/turkey-v-iceland-and-holland-on-the-brink-euro-2016-qualifiers-clockwatch-live .