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100/1 to win the
World Cup...15/2
to win
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12/1 to win the
World Cup.....11/8
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Serbia and Montenegro
qualified top of their group ahead of Spain, Belgium and
Bosnia-Herzegovina after winning six and drawing four of their ten
matches. They built their current squad on strong defence, with only 1
goal conceded in their qualifying campaign, i.e against Spain away.
But bulk of their players are ageing and may find this tournament hard
to keep pace with. Nemanja Vidic is suspended for this match.
The Dutch were also
impressive, undefeated in their qualifying group with ten wins from
their 12 matches to finish top. Their squad boasted plenty of young
players but experienced performers like midfielders Phillip Cocu, Mark
van Bommel and striker Ruud van Nistelrooij still remain their key
choices. Rafael van der Vaart, sidelined with an ankle injury during the
warm-up matches for the World Cup, started training again on Wednesday
but is not match-fit to start.
The Dutch like always enter the World Cup finals as one of the much
fancied side with high hopes of success but usually seem to come unstuck
@ the knock-out stage. Drawn in a tough group this time round including
the likes of Argentina, who won narrowly last night against a strong
World Cup debutant, Ivory Coast. Serbia & Montenegro let in only one
goal in their entire qualifying campaign, are no pushovers. They are
defensively strong and have the capabilities to upset.
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Serbia &
Montenegro : coach Ilija Petkovic
Goalkeepers:
1 JEVRIC Dragoslav(Ankaraspor, TUR), 12 KOVACEVIC Oliver(CSKA Sofia,
BUL), 23 STOJKOVIC Vladimir(Crvena Zvezda, SCG)
Defenders: 3 DRAGUTINOVIC Ivica(Sevilla FC, ESP), 5 VIDIC Nemanja(Manchester
Utd., ENG), 6 GAVRANCIC
Goran(Dynamo Kyiv, UKR), 13 BASTA Dusan(Crvena Zvezda, SCG), 14 DJORDJEVIC Nenad(Partizan,
SCG), 15 DUDIC Milan(Crvena Zvezda, SCG), 20 KRSTAJIC
Mladen(Schalke 04, GER)
Midfielders: 2 ERGIC Ivan(Basel, SUI), 4 DULJAJ Igor(Shakhtar
Donetsk, UKR), 7 KOROMAN Ognjen(Portsmouth, ENG), 10
STANKOVIC Dejan(Inter, ITA), 11 DJORDJEVIC Predrag(Olympiakos, GRE), 17 NADJ Albert(Partizan,
SCG), 18 VUKIC
Zvonimir(Partizan, SCG), 22 ILIC Sasa(Galatasaray, TUR)
Forwards: 8 KEZMAN Mateja(Atletico Madrid, ESP), 9 MILOSEVIC Savo(Osasuna,
ESP), 16 VUCINIC Mirko(Lecce, ITA), 19
ZIGIC Nikola(Crvena Zvezda, SCG), 21 LJUBOJA Danijel(VfB Stuttgart, GER)
Holland :
coach Marco van Basten
Goalkeepers:
1 VAN DER SAR Edwin(Manchester Utd., ENG), 22 TIMMER Henk(AZ Alkmaar,
NED), 23 STEKELENBURG Maarten(Ajax, NED)
Defenders: 2 JALIENS Kew(AZ Alkmaar, NED), 3 BOULAHROUZ Khalid(Hamburger
SV, GER), 4 MATHIJSEN Joris(AZ Alkmaar, NED),
5 VAN BRONCKHORST Giovanni(Barcelona, ESP), 12 KROMKAMP Jan(Liverpool,
ENG), 13 OOIJER Andre(PSV Eindhoven, NED), 14 HEITINGA John(Ajax, NED), 15 DE CLER Tim(AZ
Alkmaar, NED)
Midfielders: 6 LANDZAAT Denn(AZ Alkmaar, NED)y, 8 COCU Phillip(PSV
Eindhoven, NED), 10 VAN DER VAART Rafael(Hamburger SV, GER), 16 MADURO Hedwiges(Ajax,
NED), 18 VAN BOMMEL Mark(Barcelona, ESP), 20 SNEIJDER Wesley(Ajax, NED)
Forwards: 7 KUYT Dirk(Feyenoord, NED), 9 VAN NISTELROOIJ Ruud(Manchester
Utd., ENG), 11 ROBBEN Arjen(Chelsea, ENG),
17 VAN PERSIE Robin(Arsenal, ENG), 19 VENNEGOOR OF HESSELINK Jan(PSV
Eindhoven, NED), 21 BABEL Ryan(Ajax, NED)
Probable lineups:
Serbia and
Montenegro (4-4-2):
1-Dragoslav Jevric (40-0); 4-Igor Duljaj (37-2), 6-Goran Gavrancic
(25-0), 20-Mladen Krstajic (45-2), 3-Ivica Dragutinovic (26-0);
17-Albert Nadj (42-3), 10-Dejan Stankovic (58-11), 7-Ognjen Koroman
(25-1), 11-Predrag Djordjevic (34-1); 8-Mateja Kezman (47-17), 9-Savo
Milosevic (98-35)
Holland (4-3-3):
1-Edwin van der Sar (109-0); 14-John Heitinga (18-2), 13-Andre Ooijer
(19-2), 4-Joris Mathijsen (8-0), 5-Giovanni van Bronckhorst (57-3);
18-Mark van Bommel (37-7), 20-Wesley Sneijder (23-5), 8-Philip Cocu
(97-10); 17-Robin van Persie (10-1), 9-Ruud van Nistelrooy (51-27),
11-Arjen Robben (20-6)
Referee: Marcus Merk (Germany)
Linesmen: Christian Schraer (Germany), Jan-Hendrik Salver
(Germany)
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