Socceroos Defeat The Netherlands

Harry Kewell and Josh Kennedy have both scored in Australia's win against The Netherlands in Eindhoven this morning (Australian time).

In front of a crowd of over 22,000, the Dutch took an early lead with Klaas Jan Huntelaar finding the back of the net in the sixth minute. It wasn't until the 42nd minute when Harry Kewell evened the score with a penalty following the Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenberg receiving a red card for a foul on Josh Kennedy.

Kennedy put the Aussies in front with a header in the 76th minute.

Whilst pleased with the result against the world's 4th ranked Football nation, Socceroos' coach Pim Verbeek is focused on Australia's upcoming AFC World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan on Wednesday night.

MATCH DETAILS

Netherlands,1 (Klaas Jan Huntelaar 6') - Australia, 2 (Harry Kewell 42' pen, Josh Kennedy 76')

Saturday 6 September 2008
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Referee: Mr Martin Atkinson (England)
Assistant Referees: Mr Philip Sharp (England) & Mr Muhammed Matadar (England)
Fourth Official: Mr Tom van Sichem ( Netherlands)

Netherlands line-up: 1.Maarten Stekelenberg (gk), 2. John Heitinga, 3. Andre Ooijer, 4.Joris Mathijsen, 5.Giovanni van Bronckhorst (c), 6. Mark van Bommel, 7.Robin van Persie, 8.Nigel de Jong, 9.Klaas Jan Huntelaar (16. Henk Timmer 42'), 10.Rafael van der Vaart (17. Ibrahim Afellay 70'), 11.Ryan Babel (18. Jan Vennegor of Hesselink 83')

Australia line-up: 1.Mark Schwarzer (gk), 2.Lucas Neill (c), 5.Jason Culina (17. Jacob Burns 78'), 7.Brett Emerton (23. Mark Bresciano 46'), 8.Luke Wilkshire, 9.Joshua Kennedy (20. Richard Garcia 78') ,10.Harry Kewell (21. Mile Sterjovski 46'), 11.David Carney, 13.Chris Coyne (6. Michael Beauchamp 70'), 14.Carl Valeri, 16.Brett Holman (15. Bruce Djite 70')