Ireland - Holland Friendly Game

Ireland 0 - 4 Holland

Van Basten picks Klaas Jan Huntelaar in favor of Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Holland boss Marco Van Basten has played down the omission of goal-machine Ruud van Nistelrooy.

The former AC Milan star has dropped the new Real Madrid signing in favour of Ajax’s Klaas Jan Huntelaar, but insists that he will consider the forward for future call-ups.

Scoreboard
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25' [0 - 1] K.J. Huntelaar
41' [0 - 2] A. Robben
53' [0 - 3] K.J. Huntelaar
70' [0 - 4] R.v. Persie



Lineups:

Ireland
Patrick Kenny
Stephen Carr
Steve Finnan
Andrew O'Brien
John O'Shea
Graham Kavanagh
Kevin Kilbane
Aiden McGeady
Steven Reid
Stephen Elliott
Clinton Morrison

Substitutes
Wayne Henderson
Stephen Kelly
Jonathon Douglas
Liam Miller
Alan O'Brien
Kevin Doyle
Daryl Murphy


Netherlands
Edwin Van der Sar
Tim De Cler
Johnny Heitinga
Joris Mathijsen
Andre Ooijer
Denny Landzaat
Stijn Schaars
Rafael Van der Vaart
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Arjen Robben
Robin Van Persie

Substitutes
Henk Timmer
Urby Emanuelson
Kew Jaliens
Nigel De Jong
Theo Janssen
Dirk Kuyt
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink