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YUGOSLAVIA - Netherlands 1-6 (0-2)
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| Ivica Kralj looks back into his net |
Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 25 - Yugoslav national football team finished the competition on the European Championship having been defeated by the host team Netherlands in the quarterfinals - 1-6 (0-2).
Patrick Kluivert's first came after Dennis Bergkamp put him through
in the box with a fine floating ball. The former Ajax Amsterdam
forward controlled the ball on the run with one touch and then
fired past Ivica Kralj with his right foot.
Edgar Davids supplied the through ball for Kluivert's
second, sending a looping pass over the Yugoslav defence. The
former Ajax forward fired home with his first touch.
Kluivert completed his hat-trick with a close-range shot after Paul Bosvelt beat Dragan Strojkovic on the right. He added his fourth with Boudewijn Zenden supplying the final pass from the left.
Marc Overmars added another two before Yugoslavia scored an injury-time consolation goal from Savo Milosevic.
 | AFTER THE MATCH |
"The Dutch played excellently but they had some luck. We had the first goal chance but unfortunately we didn't score it. What can I do? I have to pay them my compliments and
congratulate them" (Vujadin Boskov, Yugoslavia's coach).
"We started to play very well until the first goal from
Holland. Just before this first goal, Mijatovic had a great opportunity to
score but van der Sar had a great save. And after the first goal
from (Patrick) Kluivert, they started to play very, very well" (Dragan Stojkovic, Yugoslav player).
"It's a shame they scored six goals. Maybe we could have
done a bit better, not to lose so many goals. But Holland didn't allow us to play any
better." (Vladimir Jugovic, Yugoslav player).
| STATISTICS |
11th European Football Championship, Quarter-finals, Rotterdam, June 25
YUGOSLAVIA - NETHERLANDS 1-6 (0-2)
De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam.Attendance: 50,000. Referee: Garcia Aranda (Spain). Booked: Bosvelt (Netherlands). Sent off: - .
Scorers: Savo Milosevic (90) for Yugoslavia; Patrick Kluivert (25, 38, 51, 59) and Marc Overmars (78, 89) for Netherlands.
| STATS |
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YUGOSLAVIA |
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NETHERLANDS |
| 1 |
Goals |
6 |
| 5 |
Shots on target |
15 |
| 4 |
Shots wide |
7 |
| 14 |
Fouls committed |
23 |
| 0 |
Corners |
4 |
| 7 |
Offsides |
2 |
| 0 |
Yellow cards |
1 |
| 0 |
Red cards |
0 |
| 45% |
Ball possession |
55% |
| PHOTO GALLERY |
- Dutch team captain Frank de Boer (L) and Savo Milosevic from Yugoslavia get tangled up.
- Yugoslavia's Dejan Govedarica lands on Dutch striker Dennis Bergkamp.
- Netherlands' Frank De Boer, right, and Yugoslavia's Darko Kovacevic chalenge the ball.
- Dutch player Patrick Kluivert scores 1-0 as Yugoslavia's Sinisa Mihajlovic, looks on.
- Patrick Kluivert, of The Netherlands, celebrates after scoring the opening goal.
- Marc Overmars of The Netherlands, center, battles for the ball with Yugoslavia's
Miroslav Djukic, left, and Ljubinko Drulovic.
- Yugoslavia's Predrag Mijatovic, center, is sandwiched between
Artur Numan, left, and Edgar Davids of The Netherlands.
- Dutch defender Jaap Stam and Predrag Mijatovic go head to head.
- Dutch player Edgar Davids controls the ball with Yugoslavia's captain Dragan
Stojkovic, right, as Dutch players Philip Cocu, second left, and Jaap Stam, behind,
look on.
Sources: AP and Reuters.
| ALL YUGOSLAVIA'S RESULTS ON EURO 2000 |
Group C, Round 1
YUGOSLAVIA - Slovenia 3-3 (0-1)
Group C, Round 2
YUGOSLAVIA - Norway 1-0 (1-0)
Group C, Round 3
YUGOSLAVIA - Spain 3-4 (1-1)
Quarter-finals
YUGOSLAVIA - Netherlands 1-6 (0-2)
Scorers for Yugoslavia: Savo Milosevic - five goals; Ljubinko Drulovic, Dejan Govedarica and Slobodan Komljenovic - one goal.
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