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Holland win Euro under-21 football title
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June 24, 2007 12:50 IST

An inspired Netherlands won their second consecutive European Under-21 title with a 4-1 win over 10-man Serbia in Groningen on Saturday.

Otman Bakkal opened the scoring for the Dutch, chesting down a lofted pass from Daniel de Ridder in the 17th minute before tapping the ball home with his left foot.

Another fine cross from de Ridder provided Ryan Babel [Images] with the chance to latch on to a loose ball and score the second goal from close range on the hour mark.

In front of a capacity crowd of almost exclusively Dutch fans, Serbia began to look in disarray. A late lunge on Babel saw Aleksandar Kolarov sent off in the 62nd minute as the Serbs' fortunes sank further.

Maceo Rigters grabbed the third goal of the night after a through ball from Babel in the 67th while substitute Luigi Bruins scored the fourth 20 minutes later.

Dragan Mrdja had pulled a goal back for Serbia with a header past goalkeeper Boy Waterman in the 79th after Serbia keeper Damir Kahriman saved a penalty by Babel, awarded when the striker was brought down in the 71st minute.

The game appeared to pass without any sign of racist chanting.

Serbia face a UEFA disciplinary hearing on July 12 following charges of racist chants from their supporters towards England's [Images] black players in last week's group match.



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