Preview: Serbia and Montenegro vs. Netherlands

June 11th, 2006 | by: WC Bob |

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GAME DETAILS
Serbia and Montenegro vs. Netherlands, Leipzig, 15:00 CET

THE BIG PICTURE
This could turn out to be one of the marquee matches of the opening week. Serbia and Montenegro brings one of the tournament’s stingiest defenses into the match, but will they be able to stop Holland’s young guns? Neither team wants to loss this one with the prospect of matches against Argentina and Ivory Coast still looming ahead.

Teams: Likely formation; shirt numbers, caps and goals, coach:

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) Coach: Ilija Petkovic

Netherlands (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)

THE BOTTOM LINE
Chris sez: 2-1 Netherlands
Peter: 2-1 S&M
Bob: 0-0 Tie
Nick: 2-0 Netherlands
Sean: 1-0 S&M

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Serbia and Montenegro

Nemanja Vidic is out serving a one match ban for a red card he receiced in his team’s final qualifying match.

Serbia and Montenegro have split into separate countries. The 2006 World Cup is the first and last time a team by that name will compete.

Presidents in Montenegro serve five year terms.

The Belgrade Beer Fest attracted 300,000 visitors in 2005.

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Netherlands

Netherlands have reached the final of the two major tournaments held on German soil, losing the 1974 World Cup final to West Germany in Munich and beating the Soviet Union in the final of Euro 88 also in Munich.

On average, the Dutch are the tallest people in Europe.

Bikes outnumber cars in the Netherlands 2:1.

Rotterdam has the world’s biggest seaport.

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