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Netherlands out of Euro 16 as van Persie scores own goal against Czech
Republic
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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
Blind
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
.