In the end it was Guus Hiddink’s Russian ballet troupe that powered its way past a very ordinary looking dutch side.In fact if it wasn’t for Van Der Saar’s heroics between the posts the score would have been more than 3 -1.Roman Pavlyuchenko scored first for Russia.Nistelrooy equalised sending the match into extra time.Dmitri Torbinski (high speed backheel) and the tireless Andrei Arshavin scored the other two goals in the second half of extra time.
Now, the only Dutchman left in the competition is Guus Hiddink……!