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Serbia-Montenegro defeated by the Netherlands in their opening FIFA World Cup match

Leipzig, 11 June 2006

The Chelsea winger Arjen Robben scored the only goal as the Netherlands beat Serbia and Montenegro 1-0 in their opening 2006 FIFA World Cup Group C game on Sunday.

Match highlights

Arjen Robben runs with the ball before scoring the goal against Serbia and Montenegro

Author: AFP

13 - Savo Milosevic and Mateja Kezman get in each others way in front of goal and a chance gets away after a fine run and cross by Predrag Djordjevic.

18 GOAL - Winger Arjen Robben breaks the Serbian offside trap and races clear to calmly tuck the ball past Dragoslav Jevric after a great long ball from Robin van Persie.

22 - Robben's powerful left-foot shot from 25 metres is blocked by Jevric.

37 - Robben strikes a low right-foot drive just wide of the far post after beating Nenad Djordjevic yet again and cutting inside from the left.

45 + 2 - Ognjen Koroman flashes a shot past the keeper's left-hand post.

71 - Koroman tests Edvin Van der Sar with a powerful low drive from 16 metres that the keeper gathers at the second attempt.

78 - Koroman puts the ball into the penalty box triggering panic in the Dutch defence but Van der Sar smothers the ball to avert the danger.

82 - Van Persie freekick from the right flashes across the area inviting a finish from one of the strikers but nobody gets a touch and is just wide of the far post.

89 - Robben cuts inside from the right and fires wide of the far post

(Reuters)

2006 FIFA World Cup, Group C, Day 1: Serbia-Montenegro - the Netherlands 0-1 (HT: 0-1)

“Central” stadium in Leipzig. Attendance: 37,216. Refereer. Markus Merk (Germany). Scorer: Arjen Robben (18) for the Netherlands. Booked: Dejan Stankovic, Ivica Dragutinovic, Ognjen Koroman, Goran Gavrancic (Serbia-Montenegro), Giovanni van Bronckhorst and John Heitinga (the Netherlands).

SERBIA-MONTENEGRO: Jevric, N. Djordjevic (Koroman), Gavrancic, Krstajic, Dragutinovic, Nadj, Duljaj, Stankovic, P. Djordjevic, Kezman (Ljuboja), Milosevic (Zigic).

THE NETHERLANDS: Van der Sar, Heitinga, Ooijer, Mathijsen (Boulahrouz), van Bronckhorst, Cocu, van Bommel (Landzaat), Sneijder, van Persie, Robben, van Nistelrooij (Kuyt).