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BAD JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Portugal survives ill-tempered affair vs. Dutch
Arjen Robben leaps high over Miguel to bring down a cross.
Tony Quinn
Nuremberg, Germany -- There were moments in the 90-minute match during Portugal’s 1-0 World Cup victory over the Netherlands they actually played a little soccer on Sunday night.
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BAD JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
Portugal survives ill-tempered affair vs. Dutch
Nuremberg, Germany -- There were moments in the 90-minute match during Portugal’s 1-0 World Cup victory over the Netherlands they actually played a little soccer on Sunday night.
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ORANGE MOVE ON
Netherlands beats Ivory Coast; onto 2nd round
Robin Van Persie scored a goal and cleared a potential game tying score off the line as the Netherlands held on to defeat a surprising Ivory Coast 2-1 Thursday.
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ROCKIN ROBBEN
Netherlands beats Serbia and Montenegro, 1-0
On his star-studded club team, Arjen Robben is at times overlooked. But for the Netherlands on Sunday, Robben shined brighter than his team’s orange jerseys. The Chelsea striker scored the Netherlands’ first goal, a clinical strike in the 18th minute, and he remained dangerous throughout in a 1-0 win over Serbia-Montenegro in a Group C match at Zentralstadion.
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VAN BASTEN NAMES NETHERLANDS ROSTER
Orange Hope to Give Group C a Ruud Awakening
Netherlands coach Marco van Basten has so much confidence in his team's offensive corps that he left young Ajax scoring ace Klaas-Jan Huntelaar off his 23-man roster.
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06/11 Serbia 1-0 W
06/16 Ivory Coast 2-1 W
06/21 Argentina 0- 0 T
06/25 Portugal 0-1 L
08/07 Nigeria 0- 0 T
08/13 Japan 1-0 W
08/16 Argentina 1-2 L
03/03 United States - 2:30 pm
Population: 16,000,000
World Cup Group: C
Colors: Orange shirts, white shorts, orange socks
Head Coach: Marco Van Basten
World Cup Appearances: Eighth. 11-8-6 record, 43 goals for, 29 against. 1934 (first round), 1938 (first round), 1974 (second place), 1978 (second place), 1990 (second round), 1994 (quarterfinals), 1998 (fourth place).